Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 01:47:45 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Fowl Days on the Eastern Shore Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Going for "County List" waterfowl this weekend ... Saturday, 3/4/2000: Queen Anne's County, MD - half day - Chesapeake Bay to Wildfowl Trust at Grasonville (only checked the Marshy Creek area) and back to the Bay: Common Loons many on the Chester River Horned Grebes few on the bay and at Horseheads Canada Goose a few Mute Swan sure Tundra Swan yup Gadwall Horseheads American Wigeon Horseheads American Black Duck All over Mallard a few were around Northern Shoveler East Blind at Horseheads Northern Pintail Horseheads Green-winged Teal Horseheads Canvassback Kent Narrows, Horseheads and Chester River Redhead several seen from the platform at Horseheads Greater Scaup looks like a major movement, quite a few of them at Kent Narrows and some at Horseheads and Chester River Lesser Scaup Kent Narrows, Horseheads and Chester River Surf Scoter Chester River Oldsquaw Chester River Bufflehead Kent Narrows, Horseheads and Chester River Common Goldeneye Chester River Red-breasted Mergs Chester River Ruddy Ducks Kent Narrows, Horseheads, and Chester River American Coot East Blind at Horseheads Bald Eagle two adults "paired up" on the Chester River Sunday, 3/5/2000: Kent County, MD - half day - Centerville, Eastern Neck NWR and Chesapeake Farms (formerly Remington Farms): Pied-billed Grebe on the pond heading to the Bookstore Horned Grebe Eastern Neck at the Bookstore overlook (looking over the Bay) Snow Goose one in a flock of Canada Geese Canada Goose sure Tundra Swans lots Gadwall Chesapeake Farms American Wigeon Chesapeake Farms American Black Duck all over Mallard yup Northern Shoveler (4) Centerville Waste Treatment Plan Northern Pintail (I forget) Green-winged Teal (2) Chesapeake Farms Canvassback Eastern Neck Greater Scaup Centerville WWTP, Eastern Neck Lesser Scaup Centerville WWTP, Eastern Neck Surf Scoter Eastern Neck at the Bookstore overlook Oldsquaw Eastern Neck at the Bookstore overlook Bufflehead Eastern Neck Common Goldeneye Eastern Neck Red-breasted Merg Bogles Warf Ruddy Duck several places Boneparte's Gulls (2) at the bridge at EN NWR Sunday, 3/5/2000; Caroline County - a few hours - Tuckahoe State Park area Snow Geese (5,000) flyovers - heading northwest (no Ross's found) Northern Pintail Tuckahoe Pond - back area ================================== Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com ================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================