ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org

For discussing birds and birding in Connecticut

View all threads

eBird Report - Hammonasset Beach SP , 11/11/09

RP
Richard Payne
Wed, Nov 11, 2009 11:03 PM

Highlights: WESTERN KINGBIRD still present; 26 COMMON EIDER (but no scoters)

Location:    Hammonasset Beach SP
Observation date:    11/11/09
Notes:  Found the large group of eiders around the rock off the tip of the
jetty, with no scoters (sanderlings, dunlin, and turnstones all also there).
Western kingbird was at the top of a maple tree between the picnic pavilion
and the entrance to Willard Island. Plovers, horned larks and longspur in
the grass-gravel field by the nature center
.
Number of species:    21

American Black Duck    2
Common Eider    26    All the eiders were in a single- species group near
the large rock off the end of the stone jetty.
Common Loon    1
loon sp.    3
Double-crested Cormorant    2
Great Egret    2
Sharp-shinned Hawk    1
Black-bellied Plover    5
Ruddy Turnstone    4
Sanderling    10
Dunlin    15
Ring-billed Gull    6
Herring Gull    25
gull sp.    5
Rock Pigeon    25
Northern Flicker    1
Western Kingbird    1
Horned Lark    8
Golden-crowned Kinglet    1
Yellow-rumped Warbler    2
Song Sparrow    4
Dark-eyed Junco    2
Lapland Longspur    1

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

Highlights: WESTERN KINGBIRD still present; 26 COMMON EIDER (but no scoters) Location: Hammonasset Beach SP Observation date: 11/11/09 Notes: Found the large group of eiders around the rock off the tip of the jetty, with no scoters (sanderlings, dunlin, and turnstones all also there). Western kingbird was at the top of a maple tree between the picnic pavilion and the entrance to Willard Island. Plovers, horned larks and longspur in the grass-gravel field by the nature center . Number of species: 21 American Black Duck 2 Common Eider 26 All the eiders were in a single- species group near the large rock off the end of the stone jetty. Common Loon 1 loon sp. 3 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Egret 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Black-bellied Plover 5 Ruddy Turnstone 4 Sanderling 10 Dunlin 15 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 25 gull sp. 5 Rock Pigeon 25 Northern Flicker 1 Western Kingbird 1 Horned Lark 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Song Sparrow 4 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Lapland Longspur 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)