[NatureNS] Valley Birding

Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:35:34 -0300
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Richard Stern, Bernard Forsythe &amp; myself checked out some of the
usual Valley &amp; Fundy Shore sites today.<br><br>
<u>Belleisle Marsh</u>&nbsp; Very little on the &quot;Loafing Pond&quot;
probably because of hunting pressure. Only 3 A. Wigeon,2 C. Goldeneye
&amp; 1 Snipe. Could hear lots of geese but did not see any.<br><br>
<u>French Basin Trail</u> <br>
- 4 pair Gadwall<br>
- 14 Shoveller<br>
- ~40 Green-winged Teal<br>
- ~25 Black Ducks<br>
- 2 pair Mallards<br>
- 3 Pied-billed Grebes<br>
- 11 Wood Ducks<br>
- 10 Buffleheads<br>
- 2 (fem.) Pintail <br>
- 3 Ring-necked Ducks<br>
- 1 Lesser Scaup (&amp; 4 other undetermined Scaup. Three appeared to be
Lessers but the fourth, the smallest appeared to be Greater!!)<br>
- 1 G. Yellowlegs (heard)<br>
- 1 A. Coot<br>
- 70 Blackbirds (mixed flocks of R/W &amp; Grackles)<br>
- Yellow-rumped Warblers, Swamp Sparrow (2) &amp; Song Sparrows.<br><br>
<u>Parkers Cove</u> <br>
- 15-20 Black-legged Kittiwakes<br>
- 2+ Bonaparte Gulls<br>
- 2 C. Loons<br>
- 2 Gannets (adults)<br>
- 9 Harlequin Ducks (flying)<br>
- a few Black &amp; W/W Scoters<br>
- 5 Surf Scoters<br><br>
<u>Hampton</u> <br>
- a number of Kittiwakes (to the west)<br>
- 3 Red-throated Loons<br>
- 4 Red-necked Grebes<br>
- 4 Common Loons<br>
- 1 fem. Black Scoter<br>
- 5 White-winged Scoters<br>
- 4 Red-breasted Mergansers<br>
- ~10 Surf Scoters<br>
- ~50 Scoter sp.<br><br>
<u>East of Hampton<br><br>
</u>- 1 Kestrel<br>
- 1 Harrier<br><br>
At Port George &amp; Margaretsville, very little. A few Eiders, Surf
Scoters and Red-necked Grebes.<br><br>
Angus<br>
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