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Summary: Winter of 1998-99

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 11/22/98 1/17/99
Red-throated Loon 128 16
Common Loon 22 19
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 420 231
Red-necked Grebe 99 97
Great Cormorant 22 7
Double-crested Cormorant 40 1
cormorant (sp) 255 4
Great Blue Heron 13 1
Mute Swan 9
Brant 997 1092
Canada Goose 645 830
Green-winged Teal 23
American Black Duck 902 1386
Mallard 125 361
Northern Pintail 1
Gadwall 1
Greater Scaup 753 1031
Common Eider 10802 8663
King Eider 1 2
duck (sp) 200
Harlequin Duck 2
Oldsquaw 97 6
Black Scoter 29 15
Surf Scoter 235 303
White-winged Scoter 1961 783
scoter (sp) 500 42
Common Goldeneye 516 1427
Barrow's Goldeneye 1 3
Bufflehead 2400 1726
Hooded Merganser 20
Common Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 2110 899
Ruddy Duck 57 2
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3 4
American Kestrel 1 2
Merlin 1
Peregrine 1 1
American Coot 1
Black-bellied Plover 8
Greater Yellowlegs 12
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 358 45
Purple Sandpiper 27 53
Dunlin 50
Black-headed Gull 1 3
Bonaparte's Gull 1179 3
Mew Gull 1
Iceland Gull 1
Black-legged Kittiwake 1
Black Guillemot 1 7
Great Horned Owl 1
Horned Lark 3
Snow Bunting 60 300
Harbor Seal 18 5
Weather Mostly sunny Partly cloudy
Wind WSW 5-10 mph WSW 5-10 mph
Temp 38-48°F (3-9°C) 36-47°F (2-8°C)
High tide 1:00 PM 11:00 AM


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Last Update: 2/14/1999
Compiler: Maury Hall
Email: szendeh@rcn.com