blackburnian Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Just returned from a week long trip to the NE US. We spent most of our time in MA. Here is a species list. Lifers in all-caps. May add photos later. Brant BARNACLE GOOSE- Two birds continuing in Bristol Co. Mass Canada Goose Snow Goose Mute Swan Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon- a drake on Long Island American Wigeon Mallard American Black Duck Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck TUFTED DUCK- a male in Rhode Island Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Eider Harlequin Duck- many Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow’s Goldeneye- a pair at Great Herring Pond MA and a lone hen at Macmillan Wharf Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove American Coot Killdeer Sanderling Dunlin DOVEKIE- two days in a row at Macmillan Wharf and several fly-blys farther up the coast THICK-BILLED MURRE- 4 at Macmillan Wharf, 2 at Jodrey Pier Razorbill Black Guillemot- including MA’s first Mandt’s subspecies Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull- several at Race Point. A couple more randomly found up the coast Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Red-throated Loon Common Loon Great Cormorant Great Blue Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Cooper’s Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk- a couple on Plum Island Eastern Screech-Owl Snowy Owl- Plum Island Short-eared Owl- Cumberland Farms and Plum Island Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker NORTHERN SHRIKE- Plum Island Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Horned Lark Tree Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling House Sparrow House Finch American Goldfinch AMERICAN TREE SPARROW- according to eBird, the #1 bird I needed in the US, many at different locations Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-rumped Warbler Northern Cardinal 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Brain Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Very impressive list!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Incredible birding at NE! Those are precious birds! happy wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Brilliant List! offshorededi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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