Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:43:13 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Wilde Lake, Howard County, 3/8/04 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, Sorry for the delay. Had to attend public's meeting about zoning changes at Lake Roland and other locations with 7 members of Baltimore Bird Club surrounded by 800 people at a high school earlier this evening. Yesterday after making a delivery at couple area in Columbia, I try out for birding as soon as the snow showers clear by 2pm. As my delivery was done, I had a hard time to pick out a nearest wildlife park for lunch break birding. So I choose Wilde Lake because it is small and enough time to covers entire park for half hour (my limit time for lunch break). 2pm-230pm Wilde Lake Park, "Wilde Lake", Hyla Brook Rd., Columbia, Howard County, MD - 3/8/04 Weather: MC, overcast, strong winds, PC out for twenty minutes until heavy overcast returns again, 39-40 degree, WNW 18 mph-WNW 9 mph 1 Turkey Vulture 202 Canada Goose - plus 78 in distance headed NW 8 Mallard - 4 prs. 6 Canvasback - 5 drake, 1 hen 7 Ring-necked Duck - 5 drake, 2 hen 1 Lesser Scaup - drake 4 Hooded Mergnaser - all hens 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 2 Rock Pigeon 1 Mourning Dove 5 American Crow 4 European Starling 1 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 1 House Sparrow 334 17 species Mammals 37 Gray Squirrel - that a lot for a small park Also a pair of captive Trumpeter Swans. One has a neck band on (Z 380). Kevin Graff Jarrettsvile & Ocean City, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you?re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================