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Posted by Trey Mitchell on 12:23:27 12/30/06
I took advantage of my last opportunity to bird for 2006 and went to Black Point early this morning and wasn't disappointed.
I added one more Life bird to my list.
I saw a short chunky looking duck flying from north to south off the end of the jetty. It barely had a tail and a short bill. It was appeared dark all over except for a white patches on the inside trailing edge of the wing. I have seen scoters before and knew the shape was right. After describing the bird to Toe on the phone I was sure it was a White-winged Scoter.
Shortly after I saw about a dozen Lesser Scaup flying from north to south except they I had to look back toward mainland to see them. I am pretty sure they where Lesser Scaup and not Ring neck Ducks because of the habitat and the white on the wings was bright white.
I only saw on Red-breasted merganser and 3 pied-billed grebes to add to the list.
There was also an Osprey being chased by a Herring Gull who was trying to steel the Osprey's catch.
I saw a pair of bald eagles, one adult and an immature.
To end my list of interesting birds, I had a Dark Morph Broad-wing Hawk.
Life is good as Paul says. I took it a bit easier this year birding and still ended the year with 269 species. Unless I get luck this evening or tomorrow at work that is how my year will end.
Now I get to start all over again on January 1, 2007
Nice way to end the year.
Happy New Year to all!
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