Sachuest Point NWR, Newport, RI, USA, 25-Mar-2011

12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Drive out to RI to a great place to visit in winter for a speciality duck.
Weather: bright & sunny, cold, breezy (SE).
27 species

Brent Goose 27 total; 4 then 23.
Greater Scaup 8 approx.
Common Eider 20 +
Harlequin Duck 11 great ducks, one of the main reasons to come, initially on the rocks, then 5 on the Ocean Path.
Surf Scoter 10
White-winged Scoter 6 approx.
Black Scoter 20 +
Bufflehead 3
Common Goldeneye X - pair.
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Great Northern Diver X - Ocean Path.
Slavonian Grebe X
Northern Gannet 2 out over the sea.
Great Cormorant 2
Northern Harrier 1 ringtail.
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Sanderling 30 approx., also on the rocks.
Purple Sandpiper 7 on the rocks near the harlequins.
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
American Crow X
Carolina Wren X
American Robin X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow 1 singing on bushes.
Rusty Blackbird 1 singing from a shrub; distinctive bubbling song. A life-tick.

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