[NatureNS] Some of the birds seen yesterday

From: James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 16:11:43 +0000
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I sent two prior postings with a summary without them showing.
 
Sable River/Port L'Herbert & Area, Shelburne, CA-NS
Oct 6, 2012 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.4 kilometer(s)
8 species

Mourning Dove 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1 Juvenile bird and very vocal
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 1
European Starling 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1

 
Port Joli, Queens, CA-NS
Oct 6, 2012 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
14 species

Canada Goose 2150 Likely a lot more present as it was hard to get a good count on what was there.  The view was broken and a count had to be done looking between the gaps of trees the whole way along.  
American Black Duck 212
Mallard 1
Blue-winged Teal 1
Green-winged Teal 32
Great Blue Heron 2
Northern Harrier 1
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
American Crow 3
European Starling 21
Song Sparrow 3

Blanche Peninsula/Port Clyde & Area, Shelburne, CA-NS
Oct 6, 2012 11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
Protocol: Stationary
1 species

Turkey Vulture 1

 
Blanche Peninsula/Port Clyde & Area, Shelburne, CA-NS
Oct 6, 2012 5:25 PM - 6:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.5 mile(s)
16 species

American Black Duck 12
Green-winged Teal 10
Common Eider 7
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 4
Semipalmated Plover 10
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Herring Gull 7
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 1 On barn roof and seen clearly by all three of us
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 29 One group of 19 traveling together
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15

 
Bacarro/Port La Tour & Area, Shelburne, CA-NS
Oct 6, 2012 3:15 PM - 5:25 PM
Protocol: Traveling
21.7 kilometer(s)
33 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard 1
Common Eider 2
White-winged Scoter 1
Northern Gannet 226
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Herring Gull 100
Great Black-backed Gull 3
gull sp. 2 No black on tail nor on wings. Close flyby along the shore and past the light.  Would call Iceland gulls, but way too early and it is not worth the backlash of those that would contest this.  So listed only as a gull sp.  
Black Guillemot 7
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Boreal Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
American Robin 9
European Starling 179
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
American Goldfinch 9

Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, CA-NS
Oct 6, 2012 11:20 AM - 1:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
27.1 kilometer(s)
35 species

American Black Duck 16
Common Eider 11
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 10
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 3
Northern Harrier 1
Black-bellied Plover 52
Greater Yellowlegs 13
Hudsonian Godwit 2  (Thanks to Johnny Nickerson for this sp)
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Red Knot 2
Dunlin 25
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Herring Gull 202
Great Black-backed Gull 165
Mourning Dove 13
Belted Kingfisher 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 29
Horned Lark 5
Black-capped Chickadee 3
American Robin 4
European Starling 399
Cedar Waxwing 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 19
Savannah Sparrow 3
Nelson's Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 2
Common Grackle 17
American Goldfinch 14

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  		 	   		  
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I sent two prior postings with a summary without them showing.<BR>
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Sable River/Port L'Herbert &amp; Area, Shelburne, CA-NS<BR>Oct 6, 2012 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>2.4 kilometer(s)<BR>8 species<BR><BR>Mourning Dove 3<BR>Pileated Woodpecker 1 Juvenile bird and very vocal<BR>Blue Jay 2<BR>American Crow 10<BR>Black-capped Chickadee 2<BR>American Robin 1<BR>European Starling 2<BR>Yellow-rumped Warbler 1<BR><BR>
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Port Joli, Queens, CA-NS<BR>Oct 6, 2012 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>2.0 kilometer(s)<BR>14 species<BR><BR>Canada Goose 2150 Likely a lot more present as it was hard to get a good count on what was there.&nbsp; The view was broken and a count had to be done looking between the gaps of trees the whole way along.&nbsp; <BR>American Black Duck 212<BR>Mallard 1<BR>Blue-winged Teal 1<BR>Green-winged Teal 32<BR>Great Blue Heron 2<BR>Northern Harrier 1<BR>Greater Yellowlegs 4<BR>Herring Gull 1<BR>Mourning Dove 1<BR>Downy Woodpecker 1<BR>American Crow 3<BR>European Starling 21<BR>Song Sparrow 3<BR><BR>
Blanche Peninsula/Port Clyde &amp; Area, Shelburne, CA-NS<BR>Oct 6, 2012 11:15 AM - 11:20 AM<BR>Protocol: Stationary<BR>1 species<BR><BR>Turkey Vulture 1<BR>
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Blanche Peninsula/Port Clyde &amp; Area, Shelburne, CA-NS<BR>Oct 6, 2012 5:25 PM - 6:30 PM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>7.5 mile(s)<BR>16 species<BR><BR>American Black Duck 12<BR>Green-winged Teal 10<BR>Common Eider 7<BR>Double-crested Cormorant 12<BR>Great Blue Heron 4<BR>Semipalmated Plover 10<BR>Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1<BR>Herring Gull 7<BR>Merlin 1<BR>Eastern Phoebe 1 On barn roof and seen clearly by all three of us<BR>Red-eyed Vireo 1<BR>Blue Jay 2<BR>American Crow 2<BR>Black-capped Chickadee 29 One group of 19 traveling together<BR>Golden-crowned Kinglet 1<BR>Yellow-rumped Warbler 15<BR>
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Bacarro/Port La Tour &amp; Area, Shelburne, CA-NS<BR>Oct 6, 2012 3:15 PM - 5:25 PM<BR>Protocol: Traveling<BR>21.7 kilometer(s)<BR>33 species (+1 other taxa)<BR><BR>Mallard 1<BR>Common Eider 2<BR>White-winged Scoter 1<BR>Northern Gannet 226<BR>Double-crested Cormorant 20<BR>Great Cormorant 3<BR>Great Blue Heron 2<BR>Sharp-shinned Hawk 1<BR>Greater Yellowlegs 1<BR>Herring Gull 100<BR>Great Black-backed Gull 3<BR>gull sp. 2 No black on tail nor on wings. Close flyby along the shore and past the light.&nbsp; Would call Iceland gulls, but way too early and it is not worth the backlash of those that would contest this.&nbsp; So listed only as a gull sp.&nbsp; <BR>Black Guillemot 7<BR>Mourning Dove 2<BR>
Belted Kingfisher 2<BR>Downy Woodpecker 1<BR>Hairy Woodpecker 1<BR>