Date:         Tue, 7 Jan 2003 23:46:55 -0500
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From:         Rich Dolesh <dolesh@EROLS.COM>
Subject:      Re: ENNWR Trip Report - Late Post
Comments: cc: "Harvey, Maureen F." <Maureen.Harvey@jhuapl.edu>
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Were there no mute swans sighted on this outing, or are they just not being
counted?
It would be good to know just how many are present, and a group of
experienced observers like your party would give a very accurate count, I
believe.  The MOS Conservation Committee has taken a pretty forceful
position on the control of mute swans, and it remains to be seen what the
Dept. of Natural Resources will eventually do to control this exotic
species.
Eastern Neck is a high concentration area for mutes, as least in the spring
and summer. It would benefit us all to know how many mutes are being
sighted, and where.  W

What do others think?  Ignore them, or report them?

Questioningly,
Rich Dolesh
Aquasco, MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Mann" <pmann@EPL-INC.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@home.ease.lsoft.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 7:58 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] ENNWR Trip Report - Late Post


> On Saturday last, Cecil and Kent County held a joint filed trip to Eastern
> Neck National Wildlife Refuge and Chesapeake Farms. Parke John, Rick and
> Candi Lee from Cecil, Walter Ellison and Peter Mann from Kent and Stan
> Arnold from Baltimore braved a cool, blustery day to find the following:
>
> N.B. - I posted this on Saturday night, but the electronic demons
apparently
> stole it, and it never appeared on Osprey. Sorry.
>
> Peter
>
> Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
>
> 51 species - great looks at Horned Grebe and Eastern Meadowlarks
>
>       Common Loon           2
>       Horned Grebe            5
>       Great Blue Heron      6
>       Black Vulture            7
>       Turkey Vulture        20
>       Canada Goose     2,000
>       Tundra Swan           30
>       Gadwall                    4
>       American Black Duck      50
>       Mallard                   15
>       Canvasback        1,200
>       Greater Scaup    1,100
>       Lesser Scaup      1,500
>       Oldsquaw                12
>       Bufflehead             200
>       Common Goldeneye     150
>       Red-breasted Merganser     1
>       Ruddy Duck          350
>       Bald Eagle                7
>       Northern Harrier       5
>       Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
>       Red-tailed Hawk       3
>       Ring-billed Gull      60
>       Herring Gull            25
>       Great Black-backed Gull     35
>       Mourning Dove       15
>       Red-bellied Woodpecker     5
>       Downy Woodpecker     10
>       Hairy Woodpecker       2
>       Northern Flicker      8
>       Blue Jay     3
>       American Crow      6
>       Carolina Chickadee      12
>       Tufted Titmouse      6
>       Carolina Wren     6
>       Ruby-crowned Kinglet      5
>       Eastern Bluebird      30
>       American Robin      15
>       Northern Mockingbird      3
>       European Starling      200
>       Eastern Towhee      2
>       Field Sparrow      2
>       Fox Sparrow      1
>       Song Sparrow     20
>       Swamp Sparrow      6
>       White-throated Sparrow      40
>       Northern Cardinal   30
>       Red-winged Blackbird      15
>       Eastern Meadowlark      11
>       House Finch      30
>       American Goldfinch      20
>
>
> Chesapeake Farms
>
> 8 Species - One of the White Crowned Sparrows had a white spraloral area
and
> an orange bill - it looks more like a Gambell's every time we see it!
Also
> a nice flock of Pipits (sorry Stan they flew in after you left!)
>
>
>       Canada Goose       100
>       Mallard       5
>       Northern Shoveler       90
>       Northern Pintail       3
>       Ring-necked Duck       63
>       Ring-billed Gull       100
>       American Pipit       50
>       White-crowned Sparrow      4
>
>
>
>
> Peter C. Mann
> Galena, MD
>
>
>
> Peter C. Mann, DVM
> EPL NorthEast
> 410-648-5800 (phone)
> 410-648-6000 (fax)
>
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