Waterfowl at Piscataway Creek
KurtCapt87@aol.com
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 19:35:47 EST
Folks,
Dropped by Piscataway Creek today at lunch (about 1200), the tide was very
low. There were a very large number of birds present...
Common Loon - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 25
Dble-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Blue Heron - 25
Black Swan - 1
Tundra Swan - 77
Canada Goose - 400 (est)
Am Black Duck - 100 (est)
Mallard - 300 (est)
No. Pintail - 150 (est)
No. Shoveler - 150 (est)
Gadwall - 219
Am. Wigeon - 11
Canvasback - 31
Ring-necked Duck - 23
Lesser Scaup - 55
Surf Scoter - 1
Bufflehead - 282
Hooded Merganser - 25
Ruddy Duck - 100
plus.... Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Red-bellied
Woodpecker, No. Flicker, Fish Crow, No. Cardinal, and White-throated Sparrow.
Kurt Gaskill, kurtcapt87@aol.com