Sunday, 20 November 2016

[Maine-birds] Sabattus Pond, Sabattus, 11/20

Hi all,

A late morning visit - after most of the rain had moved through - to Sabattus Pond yielded 17 species of waterfowl:
437 Mallards
253 Lesser Scaup
154 Canada Geese
130 Greater Scaup
104 American Black Ducks
59 Buffleheads
48 Hooded Mergansers
45 Common Mergansers
28 Green-winged Teal
26 Common Goldeneyes
10 Northern Pintails
10 Mallard x American Black Duck hybrids
3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS
1 GADWALL
1 Ring-necked Duck
1 COMMON EIDER (drake; exceptional here, but just the remnant of a large flock reported yesterday)

Other waterbirds including 3 lingering Double-crested Cormorants and 1 Common Loon.

-Derek
 
*****************************************
 Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
 Freeport Wild Bird Supply
 541 Route One, Suite 10
 Freeport, ME 04032
 207-865-6000
 ****************************************

0 comments:

Post a Comment