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21 November 1999

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


Maury's commentary
Species Nahant Winthrop Boston Squantum Hough's
Neck
Weymouth Hull Totals
Red-thr Loon 5 43     59   2   3   6   118
Common Loon   6   4     13   3   2   7   35
Horned Grebe   61   164   35   95   108   1   155   619
Red-necked Grebe   12   46     2       11   71
Northern Gannet   10               10
Great Cormorant   16   5     4         25
Double-crested Cormorant   5   119   114   48   24   10   19   339
cormorant (sp)     3         5   425   433
Great Blue Heron     13   2   10   2   2   1   30
Mute Swan       6       4   3   13
Brant   748     85   79   281   79   23   1295
Canada Goose     272   38   14   6   84   22   436
American Black Duck   85   75   86   138   42   101   88   615
Mallard   2   81     2   12   25   8   130
American Wigeon             1     1
Greater Scaup   1   177   41   285       3   507
Common Eider   630   3359   77   1769   802   235   2876   9748
Oldsquaw         17         17
Black Scoter   1       4         5
Surf Scoter   41   79   60   132     16   268   596
White-winged Scoter   245   389   37   135   10     263   1079
scoter (sp)     540   42         100   682
Common Goldeneye     34   162   111   41   32   81   461
Bufflehead   190   264   220   566   117   794   870   3021
Hooded Merganser             69     69
Red-breasted Merganser   106   832   659   430   163   141   545   2876
Ruddy Duck             49     49
unid accipeter         1         1
Red-tailed Hawk     1   2   1       2   6
unid buteo       1           1
American Kestrel     2   2           4
Peregrine     1   1           2
American Coot     2             2
Black-bellied Plover   2         8       10
Killdeer         1         1
Greater Yellowlegs   1   8     1     5     15
Ruddy Turnstone             8     8
Sanderling   202             43   245
Purple Sandpiper   99   292             391
Dunlin   4   2           52   58
Black-headed Gull   1   1             2
Bonaparte's Gull   140   150   52   120     45   21   528
Thick-billed Murre               1   1
Razorbill               1   1
Snowy Owl     1             1
Horned Lark   2               2
Carolina Wren             2     2
Snow Bunting   52               52
Harbor Seal   9   25   2   7     4   6   53

Weather Mostly sunny
Wind West 5 mph (8 kph)
Temperature 50°-62°F (10°-15°C)
High Tide 9:00 AM


Thanks to all the November participants:

Nahant: Bob Stymeist
Winthrop: Ken Barney, Steve Leonard, Pat Randall, Peter & Fay Vale
Central : Molly Campbell, Nils, Paula Chasan, Craig Jackson, Joan Labby, Mimi Murphy, Richard Ruppel, Soheil Zendeh
Squantum: Susan Carlson, Dave Lange, Dave Larsen, Terrence Mulligan
Hough's Neck: Karen Frietas, Ted Mara, Michele Parham
Weymouth: Maury Hall
Hull: Fred Bouchard, Shawn Carey


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Last Update: 12/16/1999
Compiler: Maury Hall
Email: szendeh@rcn.com