[CT Birds] Southport Shore

[Dennis Varza]

Hi Folks
Another sample at Southport Shore (#124)

The sky was overcast, off shore the water was rough with little about  
execpt for a few Loons and one flock of Red-breasted Mergansers. The  
one Surf Scoter was gone. Last winter a single female Common  
Goldeneye remained in Southport Harbor into May. Today the only  
Common Goldeneye was a female in Southport Harbor! All the Hooded  
Mergansers were in the pond at the Southport Country Club. The 11  
Ruddy Ducks wer in the middle of the harbor. Ruddies usually find a  
spot and hang out there for the winter. It will be interesting to see  
if these do the same. Last year there were 6 Snow Geese. With regards  
to the gulls, again no im. Ring-billed Gulls, and Im. Herring Gulls  
made up 7.3% of the birds

Dennis Varza
Fairfield

Fairfield, Sunken Island, South Pine Creak Beach, Sasco Beach,  
Southport Harbor and Southport Beach

December			3	11	22	
Tide				H	L	H
Snow  Goose		0	1	0
Canada Goose		220	75	527
American Black Duck	4	35	0
Mallard			0	8	4
Long-tailed Duck		20	2	1
Bufflehead				22	34	22
Common Goldeneye		0	0	1
Hooded Merganser		0	13	35
Red-breasted Merganser	34	53	28
Ruddy Duck		1	0	11
Red-throated Loon	2	8	3
Common Loon		5	19	5
Horned Grebe		2	4	0
Double-creasted Cormorant	2	0	0
Great Cormorant			4	3	4
Laughing Gull		1	0	0
Bonaparte’s Gull		3	10	0
Ring-billed Gull		10	77	47
Herring Gull		54	37	46
Great Black-backed Gull	7	24	4