[CT Birds] Long Beach/Frash Pond-Stratford

[Edward James Raynor]

Location:     Long Beach
Observation date:     12/20/07
Notes:     Also 2 Seaside Sparrows
Number of species:     32

Brant     75
American Black Duck     12
Mallard     30
Surf Scoter     1 in Bridgeport Harbor
Bufflehead     2
Common Goldeneye     18
Common Loon     1
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     2
Northern Harrier     3
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Rough-legged Hawk     1 dark morph perched on metal pilings in Great  
Meadows unit. Foraging above lordship ave around 11:00am
Merlin     1
Ring-billed Gull     125
Herring Gull     170
Great Black-backed Gull     8
Horned Lark     115
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Carolina Wren     1
Northern Mockingbird     3
European Starling     150
American Pipit     2
Seaside Sparrow-2 atop dune with American Tree Sparrows. Best views  
I've ever had of this species1
American Tree Sparrow     26
Savannah Sparrow     10
Song Sparrow     14
White-throated Sparrow     1
Dark-eyed Junco     1
Snow Bunting     4
House Finch     10
Common Redpoll     1 flyover
American Goldfinch     1
House Sparrow     2

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Location:     Frash Pond-Stratford
Observation date:     12/20/07
Number of species:     13

Canada Goose     55
Gadwall     6
American Black Duck     14
Mallard     18
Green-winged Teal     16
Canvasback     24
Bufflehead     6
Hooded Merganser     20
Ruddy Duck     6
Double-crested Cormorant     3
Great Cormorant     2
Ring-billed Gull     5
Herring Gull     8

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

For Roy:
Stratford- Long Beach 8:45-11:15AM
Rough-legged Hawk-1 dark morph
Seaside Sparrow-2 on dune above parkng lot
Common Redpoll-1 flyby