Date:         Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:24:57 -0500
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From:         Robert Ringler <ringler@QIS.NET>
Subject:      Carroll Co. Birds  11/28/02
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    This morning with Bill Ellis I made a traditional Thanksgiving Day =
survey of the waterfowl at Piney Run Park.  Here are the totals:

Pied-billed Grebe  15
Double-crested Cormorant  1 immature (ties the latest date for the =
county set on Thanksgiving         1991)
Great Blue Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2 immatures (first fall record for the =
county)
Canada Goose  600
Tundra Swan  5 adults
Gadwall  40
Baldpate  20
Black Duck  20
Mallard  80
Pintail  1 female
Green-winged Teal  5
Canvasback  10
Ring-necked Duck  2,300 (tops the previous record high of 1,400 from =
Thanksgiving 2000)
Lesser Scaup  1 immature male
Bufflehead  40
Hooded Merganser  65
Ruddy Duck  425
Coot  200
Ring-billed Gull  14
Herring Gull  1

    Among the landbirds were a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and at least 3 =
Hermit Thrushes.  Later Bill added 1 or 2 Catbirds.

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg, Md
ringler@qis.net

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