Date:         Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:56:35 -0500
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From:         "George M. Jett" <gmjett@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Winter Wren Question
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Pete
Is the Winter Wren count low this year from your experience.  I have only found a few this winter and wonder what are other folks experiences. George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Webb" <>
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Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 5:53 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Baltimore Winter Count Jan. 24 (finally!)


> Sorry I've taken so long, but I had to wait for a couple of late 
> reports and then get past a string of meetings tying up my evenings 
> after work. Here, finally, is the tally for the Baltimore City & 
> County Mid-Winter Count, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004. Highlights include 
> significantly high numbers of Northern Harriers, Lesser Black-backed 
> Gulls, a Glaucous Gull (at Eastern Landfill off Rt 40 northeast of the 
> City), a flyover Pipit, Am. Tree Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows on
> Back River Neck east of the City, a Meadowlark, and
> Rusty Blackbirds on Back River Neck. 89 species,
> 24 observers, 45,967 birds counted.
>
> text  S P E C I E S           comment
>
> 1670  C Goose
>   16  Mute Swan
>   21  Wood Duck
>   13  Gadwall
>   24  Am Wigeon
>  100  Black
>  896  Mallard
>    1  N. Shoveler
>    3  N. Pintail
>    2  Green-winged Teal
>  474  Canvasback
>   12  Redhead
>    5  Ring-necked Duck
>    3  G Scaup
>   20  L Scaup
>  269  Bufflehead
>   39  Goldeneye
>   36  Hooded Marganser
>   18  Common Merg
>   89  Ruddy Duck
>    2  Com. Loon
>    6  P B Grebe
>    1  Horned Grebe
>   17  D C Corm
>   23  G B Heron
>   41  BV
>   57  TV
>    7  Bald Eagle
>      (2  Bald Eagle: specified as adult)
>     ( 1  Bald Eagle: specified as immature)
>   11  Northern Harrier  6(!) were in S.W. Area Park
>    9  Sharpie
>    5  Cooper's
>   14  R Shoulder
>   19  R Tail Hawk
>    3  Kestrel
>  140  Coot
>    9  Killdeer
> 3124  Ring-billed
> 6067  Herring Gull
>   11  Lesser Black-back E Landfill 2 2-w, 3 3-w, 4 adult (winter)
>    1  Glaucous Gull           E Landfill
>  180  Gt. Black-bk
>  658  Rock Pigeon
>  252  Mo. Dove
>    2  E. Screech-Owl
>    5  Kingfisher
>   70  Red Bellied
>   10  Y B Sapsucker
>   75  Downy Wpkr.
>   12  Hairy
>   43  Flicker
>   15  Pileated Wpkr
>   50  Blue Jay
>  654  Am. Crow
>   20  Fish Crow
> 22072       Crow Sp.
>  115  Chickadee
>   84  Titmouse
>   43  W B Nuthatch
>   13  Brn. Creeper
>   61  Car. Wren
>    5  Winter Wren
>   25  G C Kinglet
>    6  R C Kinglet
>   28  Bluebird
>    6  Hermit Thrush
>  358  Robin
>   56  Mockingbird
> 1913  Starling
>    1  American Pipit    E Landfill
>    1  Cedar Waxwing
>   24  Myrtle Warbler
>    6  Towhee
>   11  Tree Sparrow
>           9 weedy field on Back River Neck Rd. S of Bay Ave. (BR penn.),
>           1 UMBC, 1 N end Cromwell Park
>   23  Field Sparrow
>   13  Savannah Sparrow
>   16  Fox Sparrow
>  304  Song Sparrow
>   10  Swamp Spar.
>  679  White-Throated Sp.
>    2  White-Crowned Sp. roadside, BR Neck Rd (BR Penn.)
>  624  Junco
>  315  Cardinal
>  696  Red-winged B
>    1  Eastern Meadowlark      south harb area, probably Cherry Hill
>   18  Rusty Blackbird         roadside, BR Neck Rd (BR Penn.)
> 2733  Grackle
>   14  Cowbird
>  116  House Finch
>   66  Goldfinch
>  185  House Spar.
>
>   89  SPECIES
> 45967       BIRDS
>
>  24   Observers
>  13   Parties
>  67   Party Hours
>  59   Foot Hours
>   7   Car Hours
>   4   Feeder Hours
>   3   "Owling, hours"
> 153   Party Miles
>  44   Foot Miles
> 110   Car Miles
> 0.5   "Owling, miles"
> 530   Start Time
> 1800  Stop Time
>  15   Min. Temp
>  30   Max Temp
>   7   Min Wind
>  17   Max Wind
>
> Direction: WNW
>  Sky AM: MC
>  Sky PM: PC
> 1 to 2" snow cover
> Still water frozen, moving water partly open
> flurries am
>
>
>       OBSERVERS
>
> Stan Arnold (sector leader)
> Denise Bayusik
> Anne Brooks
> Don Burggraf
> Paul Canner (All Saints Convent; PVSP Hilton; home feeder) Cathy 
> Carroll Keith Eric Costley
> Ralph Cullison
> Michelle Dunn (feeder watch, Catonsville)
> Bill Ellis
> Gail Frantz
> Kevin Graff
> Elise Kreiss
> Paul Kreiss
> Charlie Kucera (with Stan Arnold)
> Jim Peters
> Bob Rineer
> Bob Ringler
> Steve Sanford
> Gene Scarpulla
> Brian Sykes (Halethorpe Pond)
> Pete Webb (compiler)
>
> Pete Webb
> Baltimore, MD
> pwebb@bcpl.net          home (after 7 weekdays)
> pew@niroinc.com         work (M-F 830-5)
>
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