Monday, 7 April 2014

[Maine-birds] Belfast Bay biweekly census

On Friday, April 4, Gary Gulezian and I censused Belfast Bay.  I was a great day for birding with the highlight being an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at the mouth of the Little River and again at the harbor footbridge.  There were also several FOY birds: Green-winged Teal, Wood Duck, Hooded Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebe, and Belted Kingfisher.  The complete list is below.
 
Belfast Bay, Waldo, US-ME
Apr 4, 2014 6:10 AM - 12:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Observers: Ron Harrell and Gary Gulezian
25 species

Canada Goose  22
Wood Duck  18     11 males, 7 females
American Black Duck  111
Mallard  305     162 males, 143 females
Green-winged Teal  9     6 males, 3 females
Common Eider  72     36 males, 36 females
Surf Scoter  29     20 males, 9 females
White-winged Scoter  17     6 males, 11 females
Long-tailed Duck  9     5 males, 4 females
Bufflehead  68     34 males, 34 females
Common Goldeneye  35     21 males, 14 females
Hooded Merganser  14     9 males, 5 females
Red-breasted Merganser  12     9 males, 3 females
Wild Turkey  1
Common Loon  17
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Horned Grebe  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Ring-billed Gull  7     7 adults
Herring Gull  190     162 adults, 1 third cycle, 15 second cycle, 12 first cycle

 Lesser Black-backed Gull  1     1 adult.  Smaller than accompanying Herring Gulls, gray on the back and wings was a noticeably lighter shade than two accompanying Great Black-backed Gulls, yellow legs and feet.

Great Black-backed Gull  5     4 adult, 1 first cycke
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Belted Kingfisher  1
American Crow  37
 
Ron Harrell

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