Bowie, MD CBC Summary
Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Sun, 28 Dec 1997 09:54:49 -0500
A quick unofficial summary of the Bowie, MD CBC results.
Date: Saturday, December 27, 1997
Key birding areas: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)
USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)
Watkins Park
USAF Transmitter Site
Greenbelt Park
Greenbelt Lake/Lake Artemesia
Bowie Landfill
Compiler: Fred Fallon
Species Count: 88 - a "typical" total for the count
Weather: Snow and snow/mixed rain from dawn on - bird activity: low
Highlights: 15 Northern Bobwhites (Watkins Park area)
1 Red-headed Woodpecker (BARC - Beaver Dam Road)
1 Pine Warlber (Laurel area)
4 Rusty Blackbirds (BARC)
8 Evening Grosbeaks (Laurel - Brock Bridge Rd bridge)
Write-ins: 2 Snow Geese (PWRC)
12 Laughing Gulls (PWRC)
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (PWRC)
2 Wild Turkey (near Watkins Park)
Phil
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Phil Davis
home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland, USA
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