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138 Snowy Owls & ONE SKUA Cape Race/St Shotts
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brucema...@gmail.com
Dec 1, 2013, 6:46:47 PM12/1/13
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It was quite a day. One that will last a long time in the memory vaults no matter how much self inflicted damage to the brain.
John Wells, Ken Knowles and I started on Cape Race road as the sun rose and finished at St Shotts as the sun set.
The calm weather was just right for Snowy Owl counting. They were up on the knobs everywhere. We also saw a half dozen fly in off the ocean from Cape Race. one from several km offshore that was first thought to be a gannet!
CAPE ROAD - 105 most between Long Beach and the lighthouse including 25 in sight from one position.
ST SHOTTS including Sod Farm - 33 They were really alive and moving around at dusk.
TOTAL = 138 Snowy Owls.
OTHER BIRDS (listing off various birds that keepers of the Winter List will want to know about)
CAPE RACE
SKUA SP - 1 flying strongly NNE past Cape Race. Light was not good enough to see details of upper parts plumage but Great Skua would be the expected species. Obvious big square white skua wing flahses.
Northern Gannet - 1 flying south
Shearwaters - none.
All the alcids but TBMU
Kittiwakes
Surf (3)and WWSC - 200
Common Eiders - 250
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Purple Sandpipers
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Cormorant - 6
RARE BIRD TUCK
Fox Sparrow - 1
LONG BEACH
Horned Grebe - 1 in close to beach with LTDUs
American Pipit - 4
No WRSA
PCS
The BH Cowbird
CRIPPLE COVE
Red-necked Grebe - 35
Common Loon - many
Harlequin Duck - 1 imm male feeding in close to beach
BISCAY BAY
Red-throated Loon - 5
Horned Grebe - 2-3
TREPASSEY BEACH
Red-throated Loon - 2
ST. SHOTTS
Northern Harrier - 1
Northern Goshawk - 1
Snow Bunting - lots
MAMMALS
Otter - 4
Minke Whale - 2
Humpback whale - 3
Harbour Seal - 6
Caribou - 59 (thanks to Ken's careful counting after he learned how to differentiate from Snowy Owls)
KK
JW
BM
PS That Cliff Doran photographed the Dark Gyrfalcon we were all looking for after we all left.
John Wells, Ken Knowles and I started on Cape Race road as the sun rose and finished at St Shotts as the sun set.
The calm weather was just right for Snowy Owl counting. They were up on the knobs everywhere. We also saw a half dozen fly in off the ocean from Cape Race. one from several km offshore that was first thought to be a gannet!
CAPE ROAD - 105 most between Long Beach and the lighthouse including 25 in sight from one position.
ST SHOTTS including Sod Farm - 33 They were really alive and moving around at dusk.
TOTAL = 138 Snowy Owls.
OTHER BIRDS (listing off various birds that keepers of the Winter List will want to know about)
CAPE RACE
SKUA SP - 1 flying strongly NNE past Cape Race. Light was not good enough to see details of upper parts plumage but Great Skua would be the expected species. Obvious big square white skua wing flahses.
Northern Gannet - 1 flying south
Shearwaters - none.
All the alcids but TBMU
Kittiwakes
Surf (3)and WWSC - 200
Common Eiders - 250
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Purple Sandpipers
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Cormorant - 6
RARE BIRD TUCK
Fox Sparrow - 1
LONG BEACH
Horned Grebe - 1 in close to beach with LTDUs
American Pipit - 4
No WRSA
PCS
The BH Cowbird
CRIPPLE COVE
Red-necked Grebe - 35
Common Loon - many
Harlequin Duck - 1 imm male feeding in close to beach
BISCAY BAY
Red-throated Loon - 5
Horned Grebe - 2-3
TREPASSEY BEACH
Red-throated Loon - 2
ST. SHOTTS
Northern Harrier - 1
Northern Goshawk - 1
Snow Bunting - lots
MAMMALS
Otter - 4
Minke Whale - 2
Humpback whale - 3
Harbour Seal - 6
Caribou - 59 (thanks to Ken's careful counting after he learned how to differentiate from Snowy Owls)
KK
JW
BM
PS That Cliff Doran photographed the Dark Gyrfalcon we were all looking for after we all left.
Brad James
Dec 2, 2013, 6:14:19 AM12/2/13
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What an impressive day. Great job guys
lhow2000
Dec 2, 2013, 8:58:39 AM12/2/13
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johnlwells
Dec 2, 2013, 10:02:27 AM12/2/13
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The caribou were in two groups just east of the turn off to St. Shott's.
John Wells
John Wells
lhow2000
Dec 2, 2013, 10:59:00 AM12/2/13
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On Sunday, December 1, 2013 8:16:47 PM UTC-3:30, brucema...@gmail.com wrote:
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