ABC 2005-2006 Field Trip Season In Review




March 11, 2006 - Hotline - Massachusetts Coast (Plum Island & Cape Ann)

9 participants
60 species

10 Common Loon
12 Horned Grebe (mostly Bass Rocks, Gloucester)
3 Red-necked Grebe (Fish Pier and Bass Rocks, Gloucester)
1 Dc Cormorant (Fish Pier, Gloucester)
20 Great Cormorant
1 Snow Goose (Plum)
5 Brant (Halibut)
18 Gadwall (Salt Pans and BF Pool)
13 American Wigeon (Salt Pans and BF Pool)
220 Pintail (Salt Pans and BF Pool)
22 Green-winged Teal (Salt Pans and BF Pool)
6 Ring-necked Ducks (Niles Pond)
1 Lesser Scaup (South Pool, Plum)
300 Eider
30 Harlequin (Andrews Pt and Cathedral Rocks)
45 Ww Scoter (mostly Bass Rocks, Gloucester)
8 Black Scoter
12 Oldsquaw (Joppa)
40 Bufflehead
20 Common Goldeneye
2 (pair) Barrow's Goldeneye (Eastern Pt, Gloucester)
10 Hooded Merganser
3 Common Merganser
30 Red-br Merganser
1 Gr Yellowlegs (flyby Salt Pans)
1 Lesser Yellowlegs (BF Pool)
4 Purple Sandpiper (Atlantic Ave, Gloucester)
2 Black-headed Gull (Fish Pier, Gloucester)
2 Iceland Gull (Fish Pier)
1 Glaucous Gull (Fish Pier)
3 Black Guillemot (Eastern Pt)
1 Snowy Owl (Plum)