Cape Ann 1/9

From Linda Ferraresso:

On a very cold (temp in 20's) and windy day on Cape Ann, 10 members tallied 50 species and some great birds. One of the highlights was a juv King Eider at the Fisherman's Monument spotted at 8 a.m. by Nick Barber. The icing on the cake was seeing an adult King Eider at the north end of Good Harbor Beach later in the day ! A Red-breasted Nuthatch off Grapevine Rd was a nice surprise!

Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 10
American Black Duck 16
Mallard 82
Greater Scaup 6
KING EIDER 2 ( juv in Gloucester Harbor at Fisherman's Monument, adult at Good Harbor Beach)
Common Eider 180
Harlequin Duck 35
Surf Scoter 5
White-winged Scoter 60
Black Scoter 2
Long-tailed Duck 2
Bufflehead 120
Common Goldeneye 50
Hooded Merganser 2
Red-breasted Merganser 135
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 6
Horned Grebe 1
Red-necked Grebe 2
Northern Gannet 3
Great Cormorant 26
Cooper's Hawk 1 ( Niles Pond)
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Peregrine Falcon 2 (atop Gloucester City Hall)
Purple Sandpiper 33 ( Bass Rocks, Andrews Point)
Ring-billed Gull 32
Herring Gull 870
Great Black-backed Gull 176
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 ( Andrew's Point, Rockport)
COMMON MURRE 2 ( Cathedral Ledge)
Razorbill 8 ( Andrew's Point
Black Guillemot 8
Rock Pigeon 75
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 (seen by the Athol Club but could not be relocated by our group)
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 (off Grapevine Rd Gloucester)
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 90
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 5
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 250

Cheer!
Linda