Gunpowder SP
Clodvig II (ClodvigII@aol.com)
Tue, 17 Mar 1998 01:20:20 EST
Greetings,
I spent Sunday morning at the end of Ebeneezer road in the area of Dundee
Creek and in the Park ($2 honor system) looking for more signs of spring. It
was sunny and windy. I found a Brown Creeper in the trees by the Archery
range where titmice were singing from every tree and a Hairy Woodpecker paused
for a few moments. From the marina I saw an alarming number of the Queens
Swans on the far shore and an Osprey perched on a snag.
In the park I ran into my first real migratory horde of robins this spring ---
I saw at least 250 and I'm sure that was just the hint of the real numbers ---
they were over all the lawns, in all the trees, under the bushes. One of the
larger hollies was hosting a flock of about 25 Cedar Waxwings, all just
resting quietly.
lesser). A pair of immature Bald Eagles were flying over the point to the
south, one very high, one low.
Ring-bills, 20 Herring, 20 Great Black-backed --- and one LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL, nicely standing next to three Herring Gulls for great size, bill and
color comparison. Several times the whole flock of gulls took to the air when
a pair of American Kestrels sailed overhead, the female settling into a tree-
top for an extended scope look. After the third spooking, I did not relocate
the Lesser Black-back. A flock of 27 Fish Crows were constant companions. A
nice morning in Baltimore County and a new one for my slowly growing county
list.
Cheers,
Lou Nielsen
Reisterstown, MD
Clodvigii@aol.com