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Summary: Winter of 1996-97

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


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


Species 11/24/96 1/12/97 2/9/97 3/9/97
Red-th Loon   41   4   11   15
Com Loon   6   3   4   9
Arctic/Pacific Loon       1  
P-b Grebe   1      
Horned Grebe   158   40   81   128
Red-nec Grebe   6   12   13   53
No Gannet       2   2
Gr Cormorant   85   4   7   11
D-c Cormorant   18      
cormorant (sp)     1    
G B Heron   4   2     2
Mute Swan   5   15   20   11
Brant   945   692   873   1489
Can Goose   186   547   389   181
A Bl Duck   651   1128   1097   948
Mallard   78   295   255   191
No Pintail         2
Gadwall   1      
Am Wigeon     3    
Gr Scaup   52   96   990   697
Co Eider   10825   6195   9491   7676
Oldsquaw   41   4   27   42
Bl Scoter   1       1
Surf Scoter   78   27   46   121
W-w Scoter   651   243   621   218
Co Goldeneye   174   337   675   668
Ba Goldeneye     3   1  
Bufflehead   1416   953   1484   1559
Ho Merganser   10   1   1   1
Com Merganser       8   26
R-br Merganser   966   524   716   1375
Ruddy Duck   29      
No Harrier     1    
S-s Hawk   1     1   1
Coop Hawk   1      
R-t Hawk   2       4
Am Kestrel   2   3    
Merlin         1
Peregrine       1  
B-b Plover   31      
Killdeer         15
Sanderling   63   208   72   5
Pu Sandpiper     29   11   5
Dunlin   2   184   15  
sm shorebird   75      
Bl-h Gull   1     3  
Bon Gull   445   32   13   4
Mew Gull       1   1
Iceland Gull         1
Bl Guillemot   1     1   2
G H Owl   2       0
Snowy Owl     1   1   2
No Shrike   1      
Palm Warbler   1      
Field Spar         5
Sn Bunting   54      
Harbor Seal   9   6   3   9
Weather Sunny Sunny Sunny Partly cloudy
Wind NW 15
to 5 mph
WNW
10-15 mph AM/
25-30 mph PM
NE 15-NNW
15 mph
ENE
10-15 mph
Temp 35-45°F 18-30°F 20-34°F 20-32°F
Hi Tide 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:15 PM 11:07 AM


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Last Update: 4/3/1997
Compiler: Maury Hall
Email: szendeh@rcn.com