A half hour at Foley Park in Norwich this afternoon produced a surprising diversity of waterfowl. A female Bufflehead and Wood Duck were present originally, then joined from the north by a large flock of Mallards at about 3:15. Amongst the Mallards was 1 drake Northern Pintail and at least 7 Black Ducks. Details in the ebird report below. 

Happy Holidays, 
Spencer Hardy


Ledyard Bridge, Windsor, US-VT
Nov 27, 2013 2:50 PM - 3:35 PM
Protocol: Area
2.0 ac
Comments:     Joined briefly by Chris Rimmer. Wet, sloppy day, above freezing but some snow and ice on the ground
10 species

Canada Goose  50
Wood Duck  1     *late. A female looking confused in the middle of the channel north of the bridge. White eye spot, long body and plumes off head. Characteristic bobbing of neck
American Black Duck  7
Mallard  140     ~10 on the water, and 125+ that came in from the north and landed at about 3:15. Difficult to count with fog and fading light, but if anything under counted
Northern Pintail  1     Came in with ~125 mallards and 7 blacks around 3:15pm. Not a complete tail
Bufflehead  1
Hooded Merganser  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
American Crow  5
American Tree Sparrow  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15777383

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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