Bay of Fundy Birds - Meadowlark and more at Grand Manan

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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:13:38 -0400
From: Roger Burrows
Subject: White Head birds, inc. NORTHERN HARRIER, RING-BILLED GULL,  MEADOWLARK sp. & RUSTY BLACKBIRD & WINTER BIRD LIST

December 2

Ingalls Head Feeders 07:45-09:30
45 Mourning Doves

White Head Ferry 10:00-10:30
Common Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, 72 Common Eiders, 5 Surf & 4 White-winged Scoters, 10 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 11 Black Guillemots

White Head Road & Shoreline 10:30-11:45
32 Brants, 8 American Black Ducks, 121 Common Eiders, Red-breasted Merganser, female NORTHERN HARRIER, Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets, MEADOWLARK sp.(flew by too fast in wind to identify), RUSTY BLACKBIRD

White Head Village & Long Point 11:45-12:55
Great Cormorant, 73 Common Eiders, 3 Surf Scoters, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, RING-BILLED GULL, 2 adult Lesser Black-backed & 460 Great Black-backed Gulls, Black Guillemot, 2 Mourning Doves, Boreal Chickadee, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, American Tree Sparrow

White Head Ferry 13:00-13:30
5 Great & 12 Double-crested Cormorants, 30 Common Eiders, 23 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 6 Black-legged Kittiwakes, 14 Black Guillemots

Flowers still in bloom on White Head Island: Groundsel, Pineappleweed, Yarrow, Yellow Mustard, Red & Rabbit's Foot Clovers

new for my WINTER BIRD LIST:
Common Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Brant, American Black Duck, Surf & White-winged Scoters, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Northern Harrier, Ring-billed & Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Black Guillemot, Common Raven, Boreal Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, American Tree Sparrow, Meadowlark sp., Rusty Blackbird.

Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan

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