Tufted Duck, Puffin, and Ross's Goose , 4-5 March 2000



Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 13:41:30 -0500
From: Laurie Larson
Subject: Updates: Tufted Duck, Puffin, and Ross's Goose
Weekend reports of Review List species:

The female Tufted Duck at Old Sam's Pond, Point Pleasant, was seen all day Saturday March 4. No report from Sunday. (Don Sutherland, Cele Deemer). Also no updates on Barrow's Goldeneye received this weekend.

On Saturday the 4th a Ross's Goose was with Snows over Featherbed Lane in Sharptown, Salem Co. There were some hunters around and the flock of 8-10,000 was very restless. (Evan Obercian)

This Sunday [March 5] a trip out of Cape May, NJ aboard the Miss Chris went out due east across Five Fathom Bank, turned southeast out to the Elephant's Trunk, and came back across the mouth of the Delaware Bay. The farthest from land was approx. 45 miles. Highlights were 2 adult Atlantic Puffins together, 17 Razorbills, and 3 Northern Fulmars. Low counts were only 1 Kittiwake and no Bonaparte's Gulls. (Paul Guris)

Laurie Larson
llarson@princeton.edu
Return to NJBIRDS archive index