Conowingo Dam: Oct. 19, 1997

Rick Blom (rblom@blazie.com)
Sun, 19 Oct 1997 20:36:31 -0400


        The second Conowingo Dam report for the season. Coverage was from
1:30-2:30 p.m. Cloudy, cool, windy.

Double-crested Cormorant        15
Great Blue Heron                30
Canada Goose                    350 (flyovers)
Mallard                         3
Black Duck                      4
Turkey Vulture                  8
Bald Eagle                      5 (2 ad; 3 imm)
OSPREY                          1 (sitting in tree, broken wing)
Killdeer                        1
Bonaparte's Gull                5
Ring-billed Gull                150
Herring Gull                    32
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL        1 (juv/1st winter: 1st of season)
Great Black-backed Gull         12
Forster's Tern                  18
Rock Dove                       60+


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