Friday, 11 March 2016

11th March 2016

Terceira (Ricardo Bispo)
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer, 1, Cabo da Praia
Shelduck, Tadora tadorna, 2, Praia da Vitoria bay
American Wigeon, Anas americana, 3, Paul da Praia
Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors, 2, Paul da Praia
Pintail, Anas acuta, 5, Paul da Praia
Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris, 5, Paul da Praia
Greater Scaup, Aythya marila, 1, Paul da Praia
Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, 3, Paul da Praia
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, 2, Cabo da Praia
Little Stint, Calidris minuta, 3, Cabo da Praia
Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, 2, Cabo da Praia
Redshank, Tringa totanus, 2, Cabo da Praia
Sandwich Tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis, 3, Praia da Vitoria fishing port

Thursday, 10 March 2016

10th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Gerbrand Michielsen)
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer, 4, Mosteiros
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, 1st-winter, Mosteiros

Wednesday, 9 March 2016

9th March 2016

Santa Maria (Alan Vittery)
Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni, 1, southwest of airport
Allen's Gallinule, Porphyrio alleni, 1, southwest of airport

Monday, 7 March 2016

7th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Ruben and Elizabeth Coelho, Ana Mendonca et al)
Sooty Shearwater, Ardenna griseus, 1, Nordeste (found near lighthouse and successfully released)

Sunday, 6 March 2016

6th March 2016

Sao Miguel (Ruben and Elizabeth Coelho, Ana Mendonca and Vasco Valadares)
Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, 1, Sete Cidades
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, 1st-winter, Mosteiros
Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris, 3, Sete Cidades
Greater Scaup, Aythya marila, 1, Sete Cidades
American Coot, Fulica americana, 1, Sete Cidades
Hudsonian Whimbrel, Numenius hudsonicus, 1, Mosteiros
Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularius, 1, Mosteiros
Herring Gull sp., Larus argentatus/smithsonianus, adult, Ponta Delgada harbour
Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus, juvenile, Ponta Delgada harbour
Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis, 2nd-winter, Ponta Delgada harbour

Terceira (Luis Barcelos and Susana Azera)
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer, 1, Cabo da Praia
American Wigeon, Anas americana, 3, Paul da Praia
Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis, 3, Paul da Praia
Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus, 2, Paul da Praia
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, 2, Cabo da Praia
Little Stint, Calidris minuta, 1, Cabo da Praia
Redshank, Tringa totanus, 1, Cabo da Praia

Saturday, 5 March 2016

5th March 2016

Faial (Andre Vieira, Bruno Pereira, Tatiana Branco and Elizabete Azevedo)
Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus, juvenile, Horta harbour
American Herring Gull, Larus smithsonianus, 1st-winter, Faja Praia do Norte

Sao Miguel (Ruben and Elizabeth Coelho, Vasco Valadares)
Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus, 1, Achada das Furnas
Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna, 1, Lagoa das Furnas
American Wigeon, Anas americana, 4, 2 (1 drake) Achada das Furnas and 2 Lagoa das Furnas
Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, 1, Achada das Furnas

Tuesday, 1 March 2016

1st March 2016

Graciosa (Monica Ramos and Joana Lourenco)
Great Northern Diver, Gavia immer, 1, Santa Catarina

Santa Maria (Alan Vittery)
Garganey, Anas querquedula, 1, Abegoaria Grande
Semipalmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, 1, southwest of airport
Pacific Golden Plover, Pluvialis fulva, 1, Abegoaria Grande
American Golden Plover, Pluvilais dominicus, 1, Abegoaria Grande
Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, 1, Abegoaria Grande
Buff-bellied Pipit, Anthus rubescens, 1, southwest of airport