Re: Ocean CIty CBC Summary
Norm Saunders (osprey@ARI.Net)
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 15:24:40 -0500
David,
Good to meet you, as well! My face is red indeed...yes, it was the
swallow and not the gull that was new to the count...sigh. Thanks
for the correction. I imagine they will pour in from folks as they
get back from the "Zombie Circuit" of Eastern Shore counts.
I haven't tallied the final numbers yet, David, but I know I passed
400. The question that remains is how close Fran got and does that
mean I have to out tomorrow and help her find the few remaining ones
she needs...grin. Tune in NEXT year...
Cheers,
Norm
David Gersten writes:
> Hi Norm:
>
> It was great to meet you and Fran at the tally rally yesterday.
>
> One correction to your report - the new birds were Barn Swallow and
> Turkey not Lesser Black-backed Gull. The LBB was seen yesterday but
> it's been a regular for the count in recent years. I helped
> identify one of the two seen from west OC in 1994.
>
> Other interesting notes from the count included record OC counts of
> Wood Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Bald
> Eagle, American Oystercatcher and Fish Crow. There may have been
> high counts of Hooded Merganser and Ring-billed Gull. I didn't
> record the numbers quickly enough.
>
> Pipit, Meadowlark and Field Sparrow numbers were down.
>
> Did you get your 400th?
>
> Bye.
> --
> David Gersten
> gerstens@erols.com
> Herndon, VA
>
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Norm Saunders
Colesville, MD
osprey@ari.net