The William and Mary Ornithology class spent a few hours on the CBBT
this morning and saw the following:
Island 1: 3 black scoters, 6 surf scoters and a long-tailed duck;
Island 2: A lone redpoll landed on the rocks before heading across to the South
Island 3: Young male common eider with 6 long-tailed ducks, a lone
male white-winged scoter, and numerous surf scoters and a harbor seal.
Island 4: A pair of extremely obliging harlequin ducks put on an
incredible show, and the light was such that you could see their
feeding behavior underwater. A lone female Harlequin was present at
the same time with numerous surf scoters on the other side of the
island. A merlin that had just eaten a songbird perched on the
building. 8 great cormorants perched on the "usual place" on the
bridge.
Numerous gannets, 2 horned grebes, 35 purple sandpipers, 4
red-throated, 15 common loons and at least 500 Bonaparte's gulls and
as many migrating surf scoters rounded out the field trip.
The Harlequins brought the semester-long class field trip list up to
183, so we will try to crack 190 with the black-chinned hummingbird
and other rarities on our final trip this weekend.
Dan Cristol
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Daniel A. Cristol, Assoc. Professor of Biology
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
(757) 221-2405, dacris@xxxxxx; FAX: (757) 221-6483
http://faculty.wm.edu/dacris/
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