Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 19:16:49 -0400 Reply-To: Robert Ringler Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Wilson's Phalarope at Ridgely MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today, Oct. 6, 2000 Debbie Terry and I toured the sewage ponds on = the central Eastern Shore. Here are the results: Ridgely - Canada Goose 125, Mallard 10, Shoveler 15, Ruddy Duck 18, = Killdeer 31, spotted Sandpiper 1, Wilson's Phalarope 1. The phalarope = was in the left pond in the far corner near the cross dike. Denton - Canada Goose 500, Ruddy Duck 4, Killdeer 8. Hurlock - Pied-billed Grebe 1, Eared Grebe 1, Double-crested = Cormorant 1, Snow Goose 24, Canada Goose 1700, Mallard 17, Wigeon 2, = Shoveler 150, Ruddy Duck 65, Great Blue Heron 1, Great Egret 2, Snowy = Egret 1, Green Heron 1, Coot 4, Black-bellied Plover 5, Lesser = Yellowlegs 1, Pectoral Sandpiper 1, Laughing Gull 140, Barn Swallow 4 = (only swallows there). Easton - Canada Goose 250, Shoveler 15, Ruddy Duck 7, Killdeer 1, = Spotted Sandpiper 1, Dunlin 1, Ring-billed Gull 2, Herring Gull 20, = Laughing Gull 250, Harrier 1. Landbirding at Tuckahoe and Martinak in the morning was very slow = with almost no migrants. The only warblers were Myrtles and the only = other migrants seen were Red-eyed Vireo, Pewee, Chipping Sparrow, and = Osprey. Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================