Bass Rocks, Essex, MA, USA, 2-Jan-2012

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: At the Elk's Club on Atlantic Avenue with Kim looking for the new sea duck. We couldn't find it at first but then another birder arrived & pinned it down.
Weather: bright, cold, breezy
8 species

King Eider 1 on the sea quite far out. Luckily another birder had managed to pick it out with his scope allowing Kim & I to get on it. An amazing bird to see even though far away. A life-tick.
Common Eider 3
White-winged Scoter 12 +
Bufflehead 20
Red-throated Diver 2
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 3
American Crow X

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