Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 17:55:55 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: gonbrdn Subject: Cecil Midwinter- Perryville Ducks MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All: I suspect that a good many Cecil ducks were huddled on the waters of Mill Creek, off Perryville Community Park, to escape the wind and choppy waters. The following were observed: PIED BILLED GREBE- 1 TUNDRA SWAN- 52 GADWALL- 58 AMERICAN WIGEON- 53 BLACK DUCK- 6 MALLARD- 18 CANVAS BACK- 315 REDHEAD DUCK- 35 RING-NECKED DUCK- 420 LESSER SCAUP- 19 BUFFLEHEAD- 96 COMMON GOLDEN EYE- 175 HOODED MERGANSER- 9 COMMON MERGANSER- 77 AMERICAN COOT- 72 Outside of the town of Perryville, a flock of 46 ROBINS and 22 CEDAR WAXWINGS were observed, one GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET heard on the VA grounds, along with one WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. A little further afield, outside my territory, NORTHERN PINTAILS were observed at Courthouse Point, along with a few more RING-NECKED DUCKS and WIGEON. Leslie Fisher Cecil County, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================