Grand Manan Birds, March 13-14, 2009

Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:43:42 -0300
From: Roger Burrows
Subject: Ingalls Head & White Head birds

March 13

Ingalls Head feeders 09:00-12:15
10 Mourning Doves, 3 Blue Jays, 14 Amereican Goldfinches

March 14

Ingalls Head Road 08:30-09:30
342 American Black Ducks, 30+ American Crows (18+ mobbing an unseen predator
along Brownville Road), 27 Black-capped Chickadees, 2 Common Redpolls, 105
American Goldfinches

Ingalls Head feeders 10:30-13:00
3 Mourning Doves, Red-breasted Nuthatch, 9+ American Robins, Song & 7
American Tree Sparrows, 3 American Goldfinches

with the MacDonalds from Fredericton (who briefly saw the male PAINTED
BUNTING in North Head and were heading back there to try for a longer look)

White Head ferry 13:30-14:00 & 16:30-17:00
4 Common Loons, 5 Red-necked Grebes, 240+ Brants, 4 Mallards, 11 Common
Eiders, 13 White-winged & 10 Surf Scoters, 14+ Long-tailed Ducks15 Great & 2
Double-crested Cormorants

White Head Island 14:00-16:00
5 Common Loons, 6 Red-necked Grebes, 11 Great & 26 Double-crested
Cormorants, 43 Brants, 30 American Black Ducks, 134 Common Eiders, 2 Black,
6 Surf & 3 White-winged Scoters, 4 Harlequin & 10 Long-tailed Ducks2
Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Ring-necked Pheasants, 17 Black Guillemots,
Red-breasted Nuthatch

Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan

NatureNB

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