Re: Saturday birding
Les Eastman (les_eastman@ns1.netfox.net)
Sun, 26 Oct 1997 22:20:35 +0000
Yes, this list has been quiet. I didn't have a chance to get out
Saturday, but I did watch the feeder and surrounding occasionally. I
had a Red-breasted Nuthatch and several Chipping Sparrows along with
the normal compliment of White-throated Sparrows, Song Sparrows and
Dark-eyed Juncos. The White-throated Sparrows and Song Sparrows were
working over our wild flower patch pretty good, also. There were
quite a few Robins around and they seemed most interested in our
dogwood trees. A couple of times, all the birds disappeared which is
usually a sign of an accipiter in the neighborhood, but I never
actually saw one.
This morning, I went along the Susqhehanna River from Havre de Grace
to Conowingo Dam. Didn't see too much. There were 4 immature and 1
adult Bald Eagle at Conowingo and another pair near the nest
downstream from Lapidum. When I got home, the feeder was hopping
with the cast from Saturday, plus my first Purple Finches - 1 male
and 1 female plus 1 that looked like a female but seemed to have a
slight pinkish cast to it. An immature male???
Well, that's it from the hinterlands of Harford County.
Les Eastman
les_eastman@netfox.net
Havre de Grace, MD