Saturday, 31 December 2011

Niles Pond, Gloucester, Essex, MA, USA, 31-Dec-2011

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: With Kim for a North Shore drive, stopping off a hotspot for a specific species.
Weather: overcast, misty, cold.
8 species

Mallard X
Bufflehead X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Ruddy Duck X
American Coot X - several on the pond amongst the duck. An easy life-tick.
Herring Gull 30 +
Iceland Gull 1 first winter bird, picked out after searching through the other gulls. It had been reported for several days & it was a great gull to pick up. It floated on the water preening then eventually took off. A life-tick.
Great Black-backed Gull 10 +

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

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