Cape Ann/Newburyport, Massachusetts
January 17th and 18th 2026
Attendees Wendy and Roy Parsons,Deana Smith, and her mother Carol ,Erin Mahoney, Bill Kelly and his daughter Tilly, Sarah Faulkner,Will and Gabrielle Bugden, Annette and Bill Pasek .
Saturday morning started off cold and cloudy 30°. It warmed up to 34°. We started our morning in Rockport Massachusetts. We went back to the hotel for lunch then off to Gloucester Massachusetts, the afternoon. We had light rain starting around 2 o’clock in the afternoon. We continued around Gloucester until around 3:30. We saw the following Birds.
Common Loon, red breasted merganser, long tailed duck, black scoter,common Eider, surf scoter,rock doves, American Black Ducks, purple sandpipers, mallards, Canada geese, American Crow, turkey, double crested cormorant, greater Cormorant, white wing scoter, Harlequin, Cardinals, Blue Jays, song sparrow, Ruddy duck, white throated sparrow, Towhee, greater black back gull, lesser black back gull, Bufflehead, common golden eye, Gadwalls, northern Mockingbird, Carolina wren, herring gull, ring bill gull, bald eagle, Brant, dark eyed Junco, black cap chickadee, white breasted nuthatch.
Sunday we went to Newburyport, Massachusetts. It was cold and cloudy like Saturday 34°. we we saw the following Birds.
House finch, mourning dove, northern Harrier, Sanderlings, starlings, razorbill, robin, Cedar waxwing, yellow rump warbler, American Widgeon,
Eurasian Widgeon, tree, sparrow, bald eagle and a snowy owl.
Due to the weather forecast, people decided to leave around 2 PM. Bill Kelly and his daughter Tilly decided to go to Salisbury Beach to look for the long eared owl that was being reported there. They were successful!
Great birding weekend, a total of 51 species.
Wendy, Parsons
