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11 March 2001

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

 

Species	Nahant	Winthrop	Boston	Squantum	Hough's Neck	Weymouth	Hull	Totals
R-t Loon		5		3	1	1		10
Com Loon	3	14	2	4	1	2	7	33
Hor Grebe	36	36	30	48	11	7	15	183
R-n Grebe	14	11		2			6	33
Gr Corm	1	4	4				1	10
D-c Corm			9	2			1	12
corm				2				2
G B Heron				1				1
M Swan	3		1		2	8		14
Brant	2186	111	248	523	34	830	305	4237
Ca Goose	91	115	184	214	76	106	94	880
G-w Teal		3	1					4
Am Bl Duck	142	168	164	321	88	183	60	1126
Mallard	43	91	6	5	7	86	55	293
Gadwall					2			2
Gr Scaup	64	227	6	600		12	40	949
Com Eider	905	3845	189	1490	1268	597	767	9061
Oldsquaw		1		57			3	61
Bl Scoter				2				2
Su Scoter	30	80	6	23	2	4	21	166
W-w Scoter	76	664	26	40	31		7	844
Co Goldeneye	104	139	106	449	261	81	102	1242
Ba Goldeneye		1					1	2
Bufflehead	308	237	128	362	116	221	167	1539
Ho Merganser			2	1	2	6		11
Co Merganser			1					1
R-b Merganser	132	317	331	238	55	117	148	1338
Ru Duck		1						1
T Vulture					1			1
No Harrier		1				1		2
Coop Hawk				1				1
unid accip					1			1
R-t Hawk				3				3
Am Kestrel		1						1
Killdeer	1		2	1			1	5
B-h Gull		1						1
Ice Gull		1						1
B Guillemot	4						4	8
Sn Owl			1					1
S-e Owl		2						2
Ho Lark		4						4
Snow Bunt			15					15
Harbor Seal	12	3	2					17

  

Weather	Clear AM, mostly cloudy PM
Wind	WSW 5 - 20 mph (8 - 32 kph)
Temperature	26° to 45°F (-4° to 7°C)
High tide	11:00 AM
Visibility	Good
Seas	Calm AM, moderate PM

Thanks to all the March participants:

Nahant: Dorothy Saffarewich, Bob Stymeist
Winthrop: Fred Bouchard, Job Dekker, Maury Hall, Pat Randall, Peter and Fay Vale
Boston: Mike Fager, Kathy Foley, Craig Jackson, David and Nancy Ludlow, Soheil Zendeh
Squantum: Dave Lange, Dave Larsen
Hough's Neck: Paula Chasan, Ted Mara, Michele Parham, Karen Freitas
Weymouth: Maury Hall
Hull: Brian and Paul Fitzgerald, Patty O'Neill