QUICK FIND     Boston Harbor TASL
Census
Home    
Data    
email    
Boston Harbor map    

8 February 2009

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 according to the 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, and 46th Supplements of the AOU checklist order. See The A.O.U. Check-list of North American Birds, Seventh Edition..


Notes & comments
Species  Nahant  Winthrop  Boston  Squantum  Hough's
Neck
 
Weymouth  Hull  Totals  
Party Hours  4.5  7.75  7.5  4.75  3.25  3.75  3.75  35.25 
Brant  178  259  137  149  30  50  809 
Canada Goose  13  33  150  139  14  129  44  522 
Mute Swan             
American Black Duck  11  220  158  128  120  48  35  720 
Mallard  143  20  45  68  288 
Gadwall             
American Widgeon             
Ring-necked Duck             
Greater Scaup  84  1635  23    11    1759 
Common Eider  253  1025  275  490  147  283  476  2949 
Surf Scoter  151  142  11  64  15  15  189  587 
White-winged Scoter  575  211  81  120      61  1048 
Black Scoter  16            17 
scoter sp.    30    24      70  124 
Long-tailed Duck        10      23  33 
Bufflehead  127  146  171  240  74  234  111  1103 
Common Goldeneye  21  166  65  111  12  22  32  429 
Barrow's Goldeneye             
Red-breasted Merganser  44  95  73  138  14  29  48  441 
Common Merganser      18          18 
Red-throated Loon        11 
Common Loon        12 
Horned Grebe  44  11  15    79 
Red-necked Grebe          16 
Great Cormorant           
Northern Harrier               
Cooper's Hawk             
Sharp-shinned Hawk             
Red-tailed Hawk         
Merlin         
Peregrine Falcon         
Ruddy Turnstone           
Purple Sandpiper             
Sanderling             
Dunlin             
Black Guillemot             
Iceland Gull               
Snowy Owl             
Snow Bunting  60              60 
Horned Lark             
Lapland Longspur             
Harbor Seal             
    
Weather        Mostly cloudy        
Wind        W 5 - 20 mph (8 - 32 kph); windy after 10 AM        
Temperature        40° - 45°F (4° to 7°C)        
High tide        9:36 AM        
Visibility       Good      
Seas       Calm early; choppy after 10 AM       
Party hours       35.25  

Thanks to all the February participants:

Nahant:Linda Ferraresso, Kenton Griffis, Jim McCoy, Linda Pivacek, Betsy Sims
Winthrop: Susannah Corona, Craig Jackson, Pat Randall, Bob Stymeist, Peter and Fay Vale
Boston: Michael Fager, David Ludlow, Soheil Zendeh
Squantum:Dave Lange, Tim Factor
Hough's Neck: Robert Mayer, Milton Trimitsis
Weymouth: Maury Hall
Hull: Paul Fitzgerald, Michael Polano, Susan Shapiro


HOME

Last update: 2009.09.23
Compiler: Maury Hall
Email: szendeh@rcn.com