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Shorebird census of 25 August 1996

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

 

Species Nahant Bay/ Lynn Harbor Pines River Marsh Belle Isle/ Oasis Winthrop Beach Snake Island High Tide Logan Airport Squantum/
Long Island		 Pines River Point of Pines Snake Island Low Tide
D-c Cormorant 18           120   60      
Great Blue Heron     1   1     4   1   7      
Great Egret     5   14              
Snowy Egret     2   111     8     31   19    
L Blue Heron               1      
Green Geron       6              
Canada Goose       45              
Am Black Duck               10     5  
Mallard   0   0   0       0   0      
W-winged Scoter   15                  
Osprey     1           1      
N Harrier     2                
American Kestrel   6                  
B-bellied Plover   7   280   11     93   95   11   27   16  
Semi Plover   583   58   161     20   60   293   42   355  
Killdeer   1   1         1   11      
Am Oystercatcher   0   0   0     2   5   0      
Gr Yellowlegs     207   127     20     86   9    
Le Yellowlegs     14   19     4     6      
yellowlegs (sp)   0   0   0     30   0   0      
Sol Sandpiper       1              
Sp Sandpiper     1                
Whimbrel   0   0   0       0   0      
Huds Godwit       3     6           7
Marbled Godwit     1       2           2
Ruddy Turnstone   8                   18
Red Knot                   2  
Sanderling   734   22     3         9   390   12
Semi Sandpiper   1502   35   310     15   150   233   78   19  
Least Sandpiper     23   8         13   1     6
W-r Sandpiper       1             2  
peep (sp)   250   200                
S-billed Dowitcher     115   33     14     10     35  
Laughing Gull   5     2   6   3     1     7  
Bonaparte's Gull   463       200           26  
Common Tern   3         2     17     4  
Forster's Tern   1                  
Harbor Seal   2                  
Time 8:15- 10:45 9:00- 10:00 6:30- 11:15 11:45 11:00 9:00- 10:00 AM 12:45- 1:15 12:30 2:00
Tide Hi-Mid High High- Mid Mid High High High Low Low Low
 
Weather
 Sunny
Wind
 Calm early
Light WSW breeze later
Temp
 Around 75°F (23°C) early
Later exceeded 80°F (26°C)
Hi Tide
 8:20 AM
Thanks to the August Census volunteers:
Lynn Harbor/Nahant Bay:
Joanne Benard, Dennis F. Oliver, John Quigley
Pines River Marsh/Pines River/Point of Pines:
Fay & Peter Vale
Belle Isle/Oasis/Winthrop Beach:
Jim Barton, Michele Parham, Karen
Logan Airport/Snake Island:
Bruce Berman, Scott Bickerton, Craig Jackson, Soheil Zendeh
Squantum/Long Island:
Fred Bouchard, Jamie & Tom Cameron, Brian Overly

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Last Update: 7/12/1997
Compiler: Soheil Zendeh
Email: szendeh@rcn.com