Loons and Shorebirds Cruise - Saturday, March 17th, 2012

CMBO's Loons and Shorebirds trip aboard the M.V. Osprey. Nearly 75 Red-breasted Mergansers littered the back-bays; Horned Grebes were on Sunset Lake. A large flock of Black-crowned Night-Herons were found on Thoroughfare Island.
25 species

American Black Duck  23
Mallard  4
Surf Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  18
Bufflehead  85
Red-breasted Merganser  75
Red-throated Loon  18
Common Loon  22
Horned Grebe  6
Double-crested Cormorant  23
Great Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  5
Great Egret  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  45
Turkey Vulture  8
Northern Harrier  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Black-bellied Plover  9
American Oystercatcher  23
Ruddy Turnstone  18
Dunlin  45
Herring Gull  15
Great Black-backed Gull  16
Tree Swallow  7
Red-winged Blackbird  43

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