Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:00:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elliot Kirschbaum Subject: Loch Raven Reservoir 11/5 Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Tuesday, November 5, Ted Noel, Gail Frantz, and I had a total of 45 species at the Trap & Skeet area of Loch Raven Reservoir. Highlights included a flock of 40 Rusty Blackbirds, a good look at a female or immature Merlin, and a Common Loon and a Redhead on the water. Waterfowl numbers are also increasing. Fox Sparrow was reported from the area during the weekend, but not seen by us on Tuesday. The complete list is as follows: Common Loon 1 Pied-billed Grebe 8 Black Vulture 10 Turkey Vulture 15 Canada Goose 200 American Wigeon 100 American Black Duck 10 Mallard 50 Redhead 1 Ring-necked Duck 200 Ruddy Duck 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Merlin 1 American Coot 200 Ring-billed Gull 25 Rock Dove 30 Mourning Dove 10 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 Northern Flicker 10 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 20 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 5 American Robin 75 Northern Mockingbird 3 European Starling 20 Cedar Waxwing 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Chipping Sparrow 10 Field Sparrow 15 Song Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 50 Dark-eyed Junco 10 Northern Cardinal 2 Rusty Blackbird 40 American Goldfinch 3 Elliot Kirschbaum Baltimore, MD USA mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================