Flag Ponds, Calvert Co., MD

Arlene Ripley (aripley@nestbox.com)
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:20:28 -0500


Despite the impending freezes, Spring was in the air at Flag Ponds Nature
Park today. An EASTERN PHOEBE was calling as I started down the trail, then
I began hearing and seeing PINE WARBLERS. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS  were
almost absent. The beach yielded some real jewels -- one adult NORTHERN
GANNET and one RED-THROATED LOON joined the BUFFLEHEADS, RUDDY DUCKS AND
HORNED GREBES. A solitary PIED-BILLED GREBE foraged on Duncan's Pond along
with three HOODED MERGANSERS and a solitary AMERICAN WIGEON.


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