There's significant snow cover and little open water in the county right now so we set out for open water views this week. The inlets on either side of Nummy Island are always good at this time of year, as are open waterways through Stone Harbor. Our car trek got us great looks at the velvety heads of Brant, Horned Grebes which seemed to be warming up to each other (!), calling overhead American Oystercatchers and many very fancy looking Red-breasted Mergansers. Common Loons are plentiful now in these waters and exhibit quite a variation in plumage. We scanned a lot of rooftops in Stone Harbor for Snowy Owls, where they do sometimes show up, but, alas, had no success there. Leader: Kathy Horn.
38 species
Brant (Atlantic) 250
Canada Goose 24
American Black Duck 24
Ring-necked Duck 4
Greater Scaup 4
Surf Scoter 2
Long-tailed Duck 1
Bufflehead 75
Hooded Merganser 38
Red-breasted Merganser 50
Common Loon 14
Horned Grebe 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 15
Dunlin 40
Ring-billed Gull 15
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 14
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 2
American Crow 6
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 25
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 35
Fox Sparrow (Red) 3
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 10
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 240
Boat-tailed Grackle 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 18
House Finch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
