[CT Birds] Milford Point , 3/5/08

[Kenneth Elkins]

The waterfowl are certainly beginning to stage here at Milford Point.  Early this afternoon, as the tide started to drop, there were 18 Northern Pintail all together, and the Bufflehead group was 3 times the size of yesterday!  The Green-winged teal are now all over the place, so they're tough to count.  

If you're not familiar with it yet, my report below was generated from eBird.org, and they now have a great tool to check out the arrival and departure dates for each species, and all time high counts.  You can search the records for the entire state, or your favorite hot spot in CT.  We need more observations submitted- the previous high count recorded in eBird for Northern Pintail was 7 birds at White Memorial Foundation- the 18 birds together today probably isn't the highest count either...


>From Ken Elkins-
3/5/08 - Milford, Milford Point - 18 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD
 
Location:     Milford Point
Observation date:     3/5/08
Number of species:     41
 
Canada Goose     46
Mute Swan     3
Gadwall     30
American Wigeon     32
American Black Duck     44
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)     1
Mallard     12
Northern Shoveler     1
Northern Pintail     18
Green-winged Teal     225
Canvasback     18
Bufflehead     36
Red-breasted Merganser     6
Northern Harrier     3
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Merlin     1
Ring-billed Gull     X
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     X
Mourning Dove     12
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     1
American Crow     6
Black-capped Chickadee     3
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     2
Northern Mockingbird     2
European Starling     19
American Tree Sparrow     11
Savannah Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     6
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     7
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     2
Northern Cardinal     4
Red-winged Blackbird     60
Rusty Blackbird     1
Common Grackle     45
House Finch     4
American Goldfinch     6
House Sparrow     14
 
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Ken Elkins,
Milford, CT