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12 January 1997

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

Species	NAH	WIN	CEN	SQU	HN	WEY	HUL	Totals
Red-thr Loon			1	3				4
Common Loon		2					1	3
Horned Grebe	4	13	7	4		3	9	40
Red-nec Grebe	2	10						12
Great Cormorant	1				1		2	4
cormorant (sp)			1					1
Great Blue Heron				1	1			2
Mute Swan		1		1	2	2	9	15
Brant	136	154	215	17	21	147	2	692
Canada Goose		43	220	190	4	70	20	547
Am Black Duck	96	202	244	140	104	169	173	1128
Mallard	126	115	2	4	2	42	4	295
American Wigeon					3			3
Greater Scaup		9	4	3		35	45	96
Common Eider	565	1350	89	1232	915	944	1100	6195
Oldsquaw							4	4
Surf Scoter	1	8		14		4		27
W-w Scoter	20	101		98	12		12	243
Com Goldeneye	13	49	34	112	39	52	38	337
Bar Goldeneye		1		2				3
Bufflehead	151	146	74	108	125	172	177	953
Hooded Merganser		1						1
Red-br Merganser	44	74	93	85	46	78	104	524
Northern Harrier					1			1
American Kestrel	1	1	1					3
Sanderling	202	6						208
Purple Sandpiper	28	1						29
Dunlin	184							184
Bonaparte's Gull		30					2	32
Snowy Owl		1						1
Harbor Seal		1		2			3	6

Weather			Sunny
Wind			WNW 10-15 mph AM, 25-30 mph PM
Temp			18-30°F
Hi Tide			11 AM