Date:         Mon, 22 Dec 2003 22:15:57 -0500
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From:         Les Roslund <lroslund@BLUECRAB.ORG>
Subject:      The winter bird scene at Pickering Creek
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        (Let's try this note again -- I was a bit too hasty with the send key a few minutes ago.)

 A mid-day visit to Pickering Creek Audubon Center in Talbot County = yielded the following birds:
        Canada Geese - many
        Green-winged Teal 300+
        Black Duck 2
        Northern Shoveler 2
        Ring-necked Duck        2
        Northern Harrier
        Kestrel
        Red-tailed Hawk
        Yellow-rumped Warbler
        HOUSE WREN=20
        Sparrows:       Song 20+, Swamp 2, White-throated 30+, White-crowned
2
        Cardinal
        Blue Jay
        Towhee 4
        Carolina Wren
        Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
        Belted Kingfisher
        Great Blue Heron
        Black Vulture
        Turkey Vulture

    Along my lane near Tunis Mills this evening, a BROWN THRASHER was scolding from the hedge row.  That rascal dodged the Christmas Count, = but was also seen in early December.  Other home-place visitors in the past = few days have been Cedar Waxwings (130+) harvesting fruit from a Bradford = Pear tree in my yard, one Chipping Sparrow, up to 13 House Finches, one = Goldfinch and still around 50 Mallards on Leeds Creek.


Les Roslund
Lroslund@bluecrab.org
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601

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