Nahant and Vicinity 1/10

Dear All,

Linda Pivacek and I were joined by 5 BBC members and 1 guest birder from Colorado, Kate Weeks.  Kate drove up from Enfield, CT to join the trip and was rewarded with several life birds.

IT WAS VERY COLD! We tallied 41 species for the 4 hour trip (8am-12pm) and mostly birded Nahant, but also visited Red Rocks, Lynn and Flax Pond, Lynn.

NAHANT THICKET:

Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
Common Eider ( start Nahant Bay)
Red-breasted Merganser
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead

EASTERN POINT:

Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Horned Grebe (3+)
Black Guillemot (Lifer for Kate)
Common Loon (2)
Red-necked Grebe (2)
Purple Sandpiper
Great Cormorant (1, Lifer for Kate)
Brant (Lifer for Kate)
Greater Scaup (Lifer for Kate)
Song Sparrow
House Sparrow
American Crow
Mourning Dove
European Starling

NAHANT THICKET:

Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (new Nahant bird for Don)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Finch
Dark-eyed Junco

MARGINAL WAY:

Common Goldeneye
American Black Duck
Canada Goose

LINDA' PLACE:

Lesser Scaup
Black Scoter (Lifer for Kate)
Carolina Wren (Lifer for Kate)

RED ROCKS, Lynn:

Ring-billed Gull

FLAX POND, Lynn:

BALD EAGLE (Adult, attacking the ducks!)
American Coot
Ruddy Duck (2)
Northern Shoveler (1 male)
Mute Swan

NAHANT CAUSEWAY:

American Kestrel

42 Species.

Thanks to all who participated.

Best, Don and Linda