Grand Manan Birds, Feb. 25, 2009

Date:    Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:49:47 -0400
From:    Roger Burrows on NatureNB Listserv
Subject: Ingalls Head & White Head birds, inc. King Eider & Hoary Redpoll

February 24

Ingalls Head feeders    07:30-12:30
14+ Mourning Doves, male Northern Flicker, American Robin, Fox & 8 American
tree Sparrows, female HOARY REDPOLL, 11+ Common Redpolls, 8 American
Goldfinches

February 25

Ingalls Head Bay   09:20-09:30
42 American Black ducks, 14+ Buffleheads

Ingalls Head Terminal    14:20-14:30
19 scoter spp., 6 Long-tailed Ducks, Red-breasted Merganser

White Head ferry    14:30-15:00
Common Loon, 7 Great Cormorants, female KING EIDER, 21 Common Eiders, male
Surf & 6 White-winged Scoters, 59 Long-tailed Ducks, 12 Red-breasted
Mergansers, 12 Black Guillemots

White Head Island    15:00-16:10
265+ Brants, 43 American Black Ducks, 2 Common Eiders, 3 male Surf Scoters,
male Long-tailed Duck, 2 female Buffleheads, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 5
Black Guillemots (3 in breeding plumage), 2 Mourning Doves, Red-breasted
Nuthatch

White Head ferry    16:30-17:00
2 Common Loons, 4 Great Cormorants, 50 Brants, 9 Common Eiders, 36
Long-tailed Ducks, 14 Red-breasted Mergansers, 11 Black guillemots

Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan

King Eider Photo US Geological Survey from Wikipedia.com