Friday, 14 December 2012

[Maine-birds] Belfast Bay Census

     On Friday, December 14, the entire Belfast Bay was censused from seven locations with landbirds recorded only at these stations.  Time: 6:50-10:20 am.  Found the following.

Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 8
Pied-billed Grebe 1 (in the harbor near Young's Lobster Pound)
American Black Duck 7
Mallard 139(95 male,44 female)
Long-tailed Duck 33(17m,16f)
Surf Scoter 6(3m,3f)
Common Goldeneye 50(40m,10f) (no Barrow's yet)
Bufflehead 30(19m,11f)
Red-breasted Merganser 24(11m,13f)
Ring-billed Gull 11(adult)
Herring Gull 47 (36 adult, 10 3rd yr, 1 2nd yr) (low count for this species)
Rock Pigeon 19
Mourning Dove 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 16
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
PIne Grosbeak 9

Ron Harrell

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