Cape Ann 2/21

From Linda Ferraresso:

It was a blustery day on Cape Ann today for the BBC trip ( 34 degrees at 8 a.m., with winds 10-20 mph). Some ocean effect snow added some additional excitement for the day. We tallied 49 species:

Canada Goose 71
Brant 2 ( Andrews Point)
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 12
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 100+
Ring-necked Duck 1
Greater Scaup 8
Common Eider 178
Harlequin Duck 36
Surf Scoter 48
White-winged Scoter 24
Long-tailed Duck 6
Bufflehead 47
Common Goldeneye 63
Red-breasted Merganser 76
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 11
Horned Grebe 12
Red-necked Grebe 5
Great Cormorant 16
Turkey Vulture 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Wild Turkey 10
Purple Sandpiper 100 ( 20 at Bass Rocks, 80 at Andrews Point)
Ring-billed Gull 27
Herring Gull 130
Iceland Gull 3 ( 1 on Dogbar at Eastern Point, 2 at Niles Pond)
Great Black-backed Gull 17
Razorbill 21 ( 1 at Jodrey Pier in Gloucester, 20 at Andrews Point, Rockport)
Black Guillemot 5 (Bass Rocks)
Rock Dove 200+
Eastern Screech Owl 1 ( Eastern Point, thanks Steve Grinley)
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 2 both singing
American Robin 72
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 30
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 95

Cheers!