CONOWINGO DAM OCT. 17, 97

Rick Blom (rblom@blazie.com)
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 20:25:27 -0400


        This is the first season report from Conowingo Da,. I was there
from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Cool, cloudy and windy but no rain and only one
small generator operating.

Double-crested Cormorant        23
Great Blue Heron                50
Black-crowned Night-Heron       1 (imm)
Canada Goose                    14
Mallard                         3
Black Duck                      2
Turkey Vulture                  6
Black Vulture                   2
Bald Eagle                      4 (2 ad; 2 imm)
Killdeer                        1
Bonaparte's Gull                1 (juv)
Ring-billed Gull                125
Herring Gull                    6
Great Black-backed Gull         16
Forster's Tern                  135
Caspian Tern                    1
Rock Dove                       100
European Starling               55
Yellow-rumped Warbler           3
White-throated Sparrow          7
Dark-eyed Junco                 5
American Goldfinch              12

Rick

Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland

"Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked
birds he would have done better to preach to the cats."
Rebecca West