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6 February 2005

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


Notes & comments
Species Nahant Winthrop Boston Squantum Hough's
Neck
Weymouth Hull Totals
R-t Loon   1   2   2   4            1   10
Com Loon   5   8   5   6   1     1   26
Hor Grebe   21   8   8   20     1   6   64
R-n Grebe     2   1           3
Gr Corm   3     1           4
M Swan     2   5   2   4   3     16
Brant   134   10   29   82     6     261
Ca Goose   1   5   81   23     47     157
Am Bl Duck   33   200   223   170   128   73   62   889
Mallard   12   109   57   2   53   64   60   357
Gr Scaup   12   93   128   850         1083
Com Eider   517   1880   528   1175   176   380   860   5516
Harl Duck     1   1           2
Oldsquaw     10     67   2     17   96
Bl Scoter   1   2     1         4
Su Scoter   69   21   13   17   6   15   100   241
W-w Scoter   107   200   87   51   13     575   1033
scoter   234               234
Co Goldeneye   71   74   152   203   16   33   360   909
Ba Goldeneye       1           1
Bufflehead   34   101   109   68   21   13   125   471
R-t Hawk     1     3         4
Peregrine       1           1
Pur Sandp     6           300   306
T-b Murre   2   1   1   2         6
Razorbill   1               1
Sn Owl     1   1           2
Ho Lark   1               1
Car Wren   1               1
Harbor Seal       1           1

 

Weather    Mostly sunny    
Wind    ENE 5 - 10 mph (8 - 16 kph)    
Temperature  35°- 40°F (2° - 6°C)  
High tide  9 AM  
Visibility   Good  
Seas   Calm to moderate   

Thanks to the January participants:

Nahant: Kenton Griffis, Linda Pivacek, Betsy Sims, Geoff Wood
Winthrop: Susannah Corona, Craig Jackson, Mark Keilp, Mark Peleski, Pat Randall, Peter & Fay Vale
Boston: Neil Calabro, Mike Fager, Kathy Foley, Brian Lipson, Nancy & David Ludlow, Soheil Zendeh
Squantum: Stephanie Ellis, Dan Furbish, Dave Lange, Lee Taylor
Hough's Neck: Andrew Joslin, Robert Mayer
Weymouth: Maury Hall
Hull: Paul Fitzgerald


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Last update: 2005.09.24
Compiler: Maury Hall
Email: szendeh@rcn.com