9:25 AM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Comments: A first visit to a promising site lured by steady reports of snowy owls. It ended up being a very long but worthwhile walk at a beautiful location.
Weather: bright & sunny; very cold.
25 species
Brent Goose 12 +
Canada Goose 5
Common Eider 11 initially from Powder Point Bridge, 10 females, 1 male. More at sea later.
Surf Scoter 3 initially 2 males, 1 female. More at sea throughout the day.
White-winged Scoter X
Black Scoter 2
Long-tailed Duck 14 or more; after spotting one I then saw several, & kept on seeing them.
Bufflehead X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Red-throated Diver X
Great Northern Diver X
Slavonian Grebe 2
Red-necked Grebe 2 close to each, close enough to shore to pick out size & larger yellow bill. A life-tick.
Northern Gannet 2 briefly over the 'horizon' of the bank between the beach & the road. Distinctively large, white pointed wings with black tips.
Sanderling 15 + in flock along shoreline.
Dunlin 2 in with the sanderlings.
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Black Guillemot 1 at sea; a pale bird with bright red legs as it rolled round.
Rock Dove 8 feral pigeons on the bridge.
Snowy Owl 1 picked up on the grass next to Duxbury Bay. I had looked at every decent-sized white bird all day which had all been gulls. But the persistence paid off as this one turned out to be the day's target species. I had good fews as it sat serenely, dipping it's head down every so often, maybe eating something. It then apparently finished, flapped once & settled again. I was able to point it out to another passing birder before I headed off after 30 minutes, leaving it where it was.
American Crow 1
Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich) 6 approx. on the roadside scrub. Confirmed as 'Ipswich Sparrows' from Massbird emails as being in the area. Paler than the generic species.
Northern Cardinal 1 female on some seaside scrub.
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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