Along a six mile stretch of Route 125 and Lake Street in western
Bridport Ron Payne and I located two White-crowned Sparrows (adult male
and immature together), two Northern Mockingbirds (at the two
traditional over-wintering locations) and these raptors:
Rough-legged Hawk --- 12
Red-tailed Hawk --- 3
Northern Harrier --- 1
American Kestrel --- 1
At Champlainside Farm, today's count of the flock of Brown-headed
Cowbirds was 390 individuals. Meanwhile 83 Snow Geese flew southward
high over head.
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North of the Champlain Bridge there is some ice, then open water. Water
birds totaled from five locations within seven miles of the bridge were:
Greater/Lesser Scaup --- 3200 counted by 10s then 100s
Common Goldeneye --- 1530 clicker counted by individuals
Canada Goose --- 1046 clicker counted by individuals
Mallard --- 604
Common Merganser --- 126
Ring-billed Gull --- 120
American Black Duck --- 81
Great Black-backed Gull --- 6
Red-breasted Merganser --- 5
Horned Grebe --- 4
Hooded Merganser --- 3
Bufflehead --- 3
Snow Goose --- 2
Common Loon --- 2
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