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Summary: Winter of 2007 - 2008

This data was gathered by eleven separate parties censusing
seven designated regions of Boston Harbor.
All observations were from land.

Starting with the 20 November 2005 census, TASL data is presented in the new AOU checklist order. See The A.O.U. Check-list of North American Birds, Seventh Edition, incorporating changes made in the 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, and 46th Supplements .


Each column head links to the census sheet for that date.

Species
2007.11.25
2008.01.06
2008.02.03
Brant 723 644 1041
Canada Goose  852  1927  963 
Mute Swan     
American Wigeon       
American Black Duck  334  942  685 
Mallard  129  504  294 
Northern Shoveler       
Greater Scaup  745  991  112  
King Eider       
Common Eider  508   4654  6104 
Harlequin Duck       
Surf Scoter  45   442  381 
White-winged Scoter  867  1559  1294 
Black Scoter 
scoter (sp)  29  34   469 
Long-tailed Duck  79  11   96 
Bufflehead  1422  1752  2212 
Common Goldeneye  183  59   743 
Barrow's Goldeneye       
Hooded Merganser    11  12 
Common Merganser     12 
Red-breasted Merganser  905  543  54  
Ruddy Duck  55  57 
Red-throated Loon  118  23  22 
Common Loon  46  75  10  
loon (sp)      
Horned Grebe  48   219  291 
Red-necked Grebe  91  38  49 
Northern Gannet       
Double-crested Cormorant  72    
Great Cormorant  39  18  37 
cormorant (sp)  17  11 
Great Blue Heron    
Black-crowned Night-Heron 
Northern Harrier       
Sharp-shinned Hawk       
Cooper's Hawk    
Red-tailed Hawk 
American Kestrel 
Merlin    
Peregrine Falcon    
Black-bellied Plover       
Killdeer          
American Avocet       
Ruddy Turnstone  23  21  1  
Red Knot  25      
Sanderling     45  15 
Purple Sandpiper  156  21  27 
Dunlin  1        
Bonaparte's Gull 51    
Herring Gull (American)  409 
Glaucous Gull       
Great Black-backed Gull  32 
Black Guillemot  12  12 
Ring-billed Gull  95 
Rock Pigeon  124 
Belted Kingfisher       
American Crow    
Horned Lark  11 
Carolina Wren       
American Robin       
European Starling  58 
White-crowned Sparrow      
Snow Bunting  37     
Song Sparrow   
Northern Cardinal     
Red-winged Blackbird       
Eastern Meadowlark       
Common Grackle     
House Sparrow  15  
Racoon      
Harbor Seal  15  1  
Weather Clear Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
Wind SW 5 - 10 mph (8 - 16 kph) SSW 5 mph (8 kph) WSW 5 - 10 mph (8 - 16 kph)
Temperature 35° - 45°F (2° - 8°C) 35° - 42°F (2° - 6°C) 38° - 45°F (4° - 8°C)
High tide 11:00 AM 9:40 AM 8:30 AM
Visibility Good Good Good
Seas Calm Calm Calm
Party hours 34.75 39.25 36.25


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Last Update: 2008.09.28
Compiler: Maury Hall
Email: szendeh@rcn.com