Friday, 18 September 2009

Mass Audubon Allen's Pond, Westport, MA, USA, 18/09/2009

3:40pm. Weather: bright, sunny, cool, stiff breeze.

An afternoon visit to a local reserve with Dinha. A brisk walk on a windy beach though not too many species about a nice place with potential.

Beach:
Eider, Double-Crested Cormorant.
Sanderling, Semipalmated Plover - flying along the waves in a small group & one or two plovers on the tide line.

Inland:
Northern Harrier - ringtail, quatering above the marshy vegetation inland between the beach & the pond.

Pond:
Great Back-Backed Gull
, Herring Gull.
Great Egret - on the distant far shore within the estuary.
Mute Swan, Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, American Crow.

12 species.

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