CONOWINGO DAM

Rick Blom (rblom@blazie.com)
Wed, 26 Nov 1997 20:05:10 -0500 

        This is the Conowingo Dam report for Wednesday, November 26, 1997.
Observer was Rick Blom from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Overcast, breezy.

Double-crested Cormorant        3
Great Blue Heron                175
Black-crowned Night-Heron       2
Canada Goose                    8
Mallard                         30
Black Duck                      24
SURF SCOTER                     1 (male)
Hooded Merganser                1 (female)
Turkey Vulture                  12
Black Vulture                   8
Red-tailed Hawk                 1
Bald Eagle                      16 (2 ad: 14 imm)
PEREGRINE FALCON                1 (imm, prob male, on superstructure)
Bonaparte's Gull                200
Ring-billed Gull                7500
Lesser Black-backed Gull        2 (1 ad: 1 1st sum/2nd winter)
Herring Gull                    100
Great Black-backed Gull         65
Rock Dove                       100 (-1 to Peregrine)
European Starling               750

There was full generation the entire time. The PF was in view the entire
time, occasiuonally chasing Rock Doves, and catching one.

Rick

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Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland