Now’s the time of year to look at seaducks and the Point is a great place to do it. A Common Eider has been working the waters off St. Mary’s and it’s long, sloping bill makes it easy to distinguish from nearby scoters. The scoters, too - Black and Surf - can be distinguished from each other by their bill shapes, with the relatively small bill of the Black Scoter and the heavy triangular bill of the Surf Scoter. A small flock of Purple Sandpipers flew in as we we're watching the sea ducks, too...always a nice winter treat. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Steve Weis, and Chris Marks.
50 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 22
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 15
Northern Shoveler 2
Ring-necked Duck 8
Common Eider 1
Surf Scoter 8
Black Scoter 20
Surf/Black Scoter 20
Long-tailed Duck 3
Bufflehead 9
Ruddy Duck 9
Red-throated Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Northern Gannet 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey (American) 1 Lingering late bird
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
American Coot 30
Purple Sandpiper 2
Herring Gull (American) 36
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 25
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 4
American Robin 15
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 26
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 9
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 3
Northern Cardinal 7
Red-winged Blackbird 7
House Finch 5
House Sparrow 5
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