Cape Ann 11/27/2010

Six Brookline Bird Club members participated in the trip to Cape Ann that had originally been scheduled for Friday. The temperature reached the lows 40sand the early light breeze turned to significant wind in the early afternoon. We went from the Jodrey Fish Pier to Andrews Point, to Cathedral Ledge to Bass Rocks and finally Eastern Point. We concentrated mainly on waterfowl. The trip went from 8am to 1pm. Seen on the trip were:

Common Eider - 159
Great Black-backed Gull - 268
Herring Gull - 473
Glaucous Gull - 1 (Andrews)
Peregrine Falcon - 1 (on Gloucester City Hall)
Rock Pigeon - 102
Thick-billed Murre - 3 (Andrews Point)
Red-breasted Merganser - 27
Bufflehead - 90
American Crow - 20
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Common Loon - 9
Red-throated Loon - 1
Canada Goose - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Gannet - 82 (undercount as many were far offshore in Rockport, 3 in Gloucester)
Black Scoter - 8
Harlequin Duck - 58 (Andrews Point and Cathedral Ledge)
Great Cormorant - 28
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
American Pipit - 1
Purple Sandpiper - 75 (most at Andrews Point, 20 at Bass Rocks)
European Starling - 26
House Sparrow - 12
Horned Lark - 1
White-winged Scoter - 40
Song Sparrow - 1
Red-necked Grebe - 2 (one at Andrews, one at Bass Rocks)
Razorbill - 25 (1 was close in at the Elks at Bass Rocks)
Black Guillemot - 4 (Elks at Bass Rocks)
American Black Duck - 18
Mallard - 32
Mute Swan - 3
American Tree Sparrow - 1
American Coot - 2
American Goldeneye - 2

We spent time examining a gull at Andrews with bubble gum pink legs as a possible Thayer's...

Barbara Volkle