Date: 3/11/26 5:08 pm From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...> Subject: [BostonBirds] 3/11 Rockport Highlights:
I birded in beautiful Rockport from 12:00-4:00. I started at the Granite Pier; from thence I explored the quarry woods accessed from Rowe Ave. or Drumlin Rd. I spent quite a while in there with great rewards. From thence, I walked to Cathedral Ledge via Pasture Rd. where I added Black Scoter to my duck list for the day. The waves were rather big, (not ideal)
Great Cormorant 1 Granite Pier, on the rock island straight out from the tip F.O.Y.
Canada Geese x
Mallard 12
Harlequin Duck 21+ nine G. P., 12+ Cathedral Ledge
Long-tailed Duck 1
Surf Scoter x
White-winged Scoter x
Black Scoter 9
Bufflehead x
Red-breasted Merganser x
Common Eider x
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1+
PILEATED WOODPECKER 1 heard near a big quarry beyond the Little Parker and Big Parker Pits
Downy Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
COMMON RAVEN 1 persisting in chasing a Cooper's Hawk
American Crow x
Blue Jay
Black-chapped Chickadee x
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nythatch x
American Robin 2
Song Sparrow 15+ very common here
White-throated Sparrow 1 pished up in dense wet tangle next to a four generation farm with a Purple Finch!
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird x
Common Grackle x
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 5
PURPLE FINCH 1 female type see above
House Sparrow x
MAMMALIA:
FISHER 1 Granite Pier; ran across boat ramp
Red Squirrel 4
Gray Squirrel 1
Horse 4
Donkey 1
