Good birding, Shilo McDonald Lynn, Massachusetts <SMcDonald...>
King's Beach, Essex, Massachusetts, US Oct 6, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments: A Brookline Bird Club walk led by Shilo McDonald. Tide coming in. High tide at 2:07 PM. Blue skies. Sunshine. Gentle breeze, 3 MPH. And unseasonably warm, 62 ºF. 13 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 10 Flying by. American Black Duck 25 Estimate. A Life Bird for Harrison. Greater Scaup 1 Adult male. Peak in front of head. Greater/Lesser Scaup 1 Female. Distant. Common Eider 14 Estimate. All females / immatures. Surf Scoter 2 Both males. White patch present on the back of the neck. White-winged Scoter 45 Estimate. A Life Bird for Harrison. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 11 2 on the beach. Plus 9 flybys. Semipalmated Plover 4 Ring-billed Gull 60 Estimate. Herring Gull 44 Estimate. Great Black-backed Gull 7 gull sp. 50 Distant. On Lynn Beach. Merlin 1 Flying by. Heading in the direction of Lynn Beach. American Crow 4 Walking the wrack line on the Swampscott side of King's Beach. House Sparrow 8 In the bushes across the street.
