Sunday, January 31, 2010

Rhode Island and West Haven

Thursday January 27, 2010
Rhode Island, Newport and Middletown

Eastons Pond, Easton Beach, Purgatory Road to Purgatory Chasm, Norman Bird Sanctuary
Common Loon, Gavia immer - Easton Beach (EB)
Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo - Eastons Pond (EP)
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis - EP
Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos - EB & EP
American Black Duck, Anas rubripes - EB & EP
Greater Scaup, Aythya marila - EB
Common Eider, Somaterial mollissima - EB
Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata - EB
Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola - EB
Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus - EP
Common Merganser, Mergus merganser -
Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis - EP
Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis - EP & EB
Herring Gull, Larus argentatus -
Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura - Norman Bird Sanctuary (NBS)
Rock Pigeon, Columba livia -
Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens - NBS
American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos - NBS & EB
Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus - NBS
American Robin, Turdus migratorius - NBS
European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris -
Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis - NBS
Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia - EP
House Sparrow, Passer domesticus - NBS feeders

Friday January 29, 2010
Connecticut, New Haven to West Haven

Flying over Quinnipiac River at I-91:
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, immature

West Haven Boat Launch, 7:30am
Brant, Branta bernicla
Mute Swan, Cygnus olor (counted 200)
Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis
Greater Scaup, Aythya marila
American Wigeon, Anas americana
Gadwall, Anas strepera
Rock Pigeon, Columba livia
Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis

West Haven, South Beach:
Herring Gull, Larus argentatus
Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus
Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus
Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura

shoreline map with Oyster River at lower end (see words 'Ocean Avenue') and South Beach at upper edge (see words 'West Shore')

West Haven, beach at Oyster River:
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus

Milford, Silver Sands State Park
Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus
Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata

Eight new birds for Jorge's 2010 Connecticut list, bringing the year total to 68 birds.

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