Birdwatchers from New England and beyond participated in the Cape Ann Winter Birding Weekend. Cape Ann is known worldwide for its exciting concentrations of winter seabirds, and the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce & Massachusetts Audubon Society offered a weekend full of events for all levels of birders. Expert speakers offered presentations, exhibitors showcased their programs and products and artists displayed their art and gave demonstrations at the event headquarters at the Elks at Bass Rocks and at other venues in Gloucester.
On Saturday morning, expert guides led bus trips to the winter birding hot spots on Cape Ann. Our group was pleasant & expressed great interest in the birds, their behavior and the natural history of Cape Ann. Bus #1 tour was led by Jim Berry, Miles Brengle, Liam Waters and me had some wonderful, prolonged looks at the following:
Canada Goose 225
Gadwall 6
American Wigeon 2
American Black Duck 41
Mallard 60
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 2
Common Eider (Atlantic) 200
Harlequin Duck 40
Surf Scoter 54
White-winged Scoter 84
Black Scoter 11
scoter sp. 80
Long-tailed Duck 40
Bufflehead 100
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| Common Loon |
Common Goldeneye 44
Red-breasted Merganser 90
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 32
Horned Grebe 12
Red-necked Grebe 2
Great Cormorant 42
Purple Sandpiper 79
Razorbill 13
Black Guillemot 8
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 220
Iceland Gull 7
Glaucous Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 100
Rock Pigeon 90
Snowy Owl 1
American Crow 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 8
Song Sparrow 2
House Finch 5
House Sparrow 20
Good birding,
Sue
Sue