BIRD REPORT 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Common Loon - 4 at Greenwich on Oct. 4 (NBC). 
     
     Red-throated Loon - 2 at East Point on Oct. 24 (GH). 
     
     Northern Gannet - 3 at Basin Head on Oct. 12 (LA); at least 150 (95% adult) in one 
     
    
   
   
    
     half hour period rounding East Point heading south on Oct. 24, but none a half hour 
     
     later at North Lake (GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Great Cormorant - 100 at Cape Tryon colony on Oct.3 (WEC); 50-60 (mostly greater's) 
     
     at East Point on Oct. 24 (GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Double—crested Cormorant - 20 at Cape Tryon colony on Oct. 3 (WEC). 
     
     Canada Goose - 350 off Cape Tryon on Oct. 3 (WEC); 2 at Greenwich on Oct. 4 (NBC). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Snow Goose - 4 white phase with Canada's off Cape Tryon on Oct. 3 (WEC); 1 blue 
     
     phase at Moore's Sanctuary on Oct. 15 (PRC). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Black Duck - 60 at Greenwich on Oct. 4 (NBC); 350 at Hillsborough Bridge on Oct. 16 
     
     (WEC). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Blue-winged Teal - 50 at Greenwich on Oct. 4 (WEC). 
     
     Oldsquaw - l at North Rustico on Oct. 3 (WEC); 13 at East Point on Oct. 24 (GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Common Eider - 60 at Cape Tryon on Oct. 3 (WEC); 6-8 at North Cape on Oct. 6 (AB, 
     
     SM); more than 100 at East Point on Oct. 24 (GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Goshawk - l immature in Alberton on Sept. 20 (GM). 
     
    

    
     Sharg-shinned Hawk - l at Officer's Pond in Suffolk on Oct. 2 (PRC, MLM). 
     
     Red—tailed Hawk - l adult at Vernon River on Sept. 23 (MLM). 
     
    

    
     Bald Eagle - l at Morell River on Oct. 4 (GK). 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Marsh Hawk - 2 at Cape Tryon on Oct. 3 and 2 at Greenwich on Oct. 4 (NBC); 1 at 
     
     East Point on Oct. 4 (DLC); 1 male at Burton on Oct. 12 (GM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     American Kestral — l in Caledonia on Oct. 2 and l at Cape Tryon on Oct. 3 (NBC); 
     
     1 at Lyndale in October (JW); 1 at Kildare on Oct. 12 (GM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ruffed Grouse - l drumming at Green Gables House on Oct. 6 (AL). 
     
     Gray Partridge - 3 covies at East Point on Oct. 4 (DLC). 
     
     Semioalmated Plover — 4 at North Rustico on Oct. 3 and 5 at Greenwich on Oct. 4 (WEC). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Black-bellied Plover - S at North Rustico on Oct. 3 
     
     and 4 at Greenwich on Oct. 4 (WEC). 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     White-rumped Sandpiper - 6 at Greenwich on Oct. 4 (WEC). 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2 at Greenwich on Oct. 4 (WEC). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sanderling - 25 at North Rustico on Oct. 3 and 50 at 
     
     Greenwich on Oct. 4 (WEC). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Iceland Gull - l at North Lake on Oct. 24 (GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Great Black-backed Gull - a flock of 100 at East Point 
     
     plus good numbers at North Lake on Oct. 24 (GE). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Herring Gull — a flock of 50 at East Point plus lots 
     
     at North Lake on Oct. 24 (GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
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