Site Report: Cape Spear

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)

Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)


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Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)

Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
Cape Spear is the easternmost point in North America. It can be easily visited on a day trip from St. John's.
Visits
- 2016-07-10: I couldn't very well not take the opportunity to visit the most eastern point in North America.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (15 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(15 records)
Class: Birds
(15 records)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(9 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)