Checklist S40320709

Observations

1. Canada Goose

   Number observed:  20

   Details

   over mainland

2. Mute Swan

   Number observed:  2

   Exotic: Naturalized

3. Mallard

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   flyover male heading W pretty high up

4. American Black Duck

   Number observed:  6

   Details

   over mainland

5. dabbling duck sp.

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   flying W over mainland; pale and maybe interesting

6. Common Eider

   Number observed:  35

7. Harlequin Duck

   Number observed:  5

   Details

   males off SW tip in tight group

8. Surf Scoter

   Number observed:  18

9. White-winged Scoter

   Number observed:  45

10. Black Scoter

    Number observed:  3

11. Long-tailed Duck

    Number observed:  18

12. Common Goldeneye

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *FOF; adult male in SW tip duck flock

13. Red-breasted Merganser

    Number observed:  8

14. Black-bellied Plover

    Number observed:  3

15. Sanderling

    Number observed:  35

16. Dunlin

    Number observed:  12

17. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  55

    Details

    scattered birds plus about 30 moving E along beach as I was leaving

18. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  2

19. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  140

    Details

    feeding all along E side in heavy surf

20. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  6

21. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *late; flying E over causeway; ph

22. Horned Grebe

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *FOF for me here, although others had in Oct

23. Red-throated Loon

    Number observed:  5

24. Common Loon

    Number observed:  76

    Details

    steady stream to W with largest flocks of 12-25

25. Great Shearwater

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *rare; first Nov record for county in eBird, although still common on Cape Cod now. Paul Champlin alerted me to the bird which he said was feeding inside the rock (!) off the W side of the causeway. I saw the bird off the E side immediately after arrival. A large Shearwater with narrow wings held straight out in plank position, with mottled dark underwings with pale central area, dark belly patch barely visible, dark cap, hint of pale collar

26. Northern Gannet

    Number observed:  79

27. Great Cormorant (North Atlantic)

    Number observed:  3

28. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  90

    Details

    a few migrant flocks heading W

29. Great Egret

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    over mainland dropping into Westport River Marshes

30. Black Vulture

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    distant to N in kettle with gulls and Turkey Vultures

31. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    over mainland

32. Cooper's Hawk

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    imm; flew on to Neck at 9:32

33. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    over mainland

34. American Crow

    Number observed:  6

35. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  14

    Details

    flock flew out to tip and returned

36. European Starling

    Number observed:  25

    Exotic: Naturalized

37. American Robin

    Number observed:  20

    Details

    over mainland

38. House Finch

    Number observed:  1

    Exotic: Naturalized

39. White-throated Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

40. Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)

    Number observed:  1

41. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  6

42. Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)

    Number observed:  5

43. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  2

44. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  16