Back River WWTP: 03/29/98

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Fri, 03 Apr 1998 18:19:32 -0500


This is the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant report for Sunday, 
March 29, 1998.
The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Debbie Terry.

Observation: 0830-1245
             Sunny, 80 degrees F.
             
 Double-crested Cormorant        63
 Great Blue Heron                5
 Canada Goose                    12 (1 on nest)
 Wood Duck                       2 (1 male, 1 female)
 Green-winged Teal               5 (2 male, 3 female)
 Mallard                         10
 American Wigeon                 4 (2 male, 2 female)
 Hooded Merganser                2 (1 male, 1 female)
 Turkey Vulture                  7
 Bald Eagle                      1 (immature)
 Cooper's Hawk                   1 (adult)
 Red-shouldered Hawk             1 (adult)
 Red-tailed Hawk                 3 (2 adult, 1 immature)
 American Kestrel                1 (male)    
*KILLDEER                        3 (1 ON NEST WITH FOUR EGGS)
*COMMON SNIPE                    7
 Laughing Gull                   1 (breeding plumage)
 Bonaparte's Gull                300
 Ring-billed Gull                19
 Herring Gull                    7
 Great Black-backed Gull         1
 Rock Dove                       +
 Downy Woodpecker                1
 Northern Flicker                1 (Yellow-shafted)
 Tree Swallow                    1
 American Crow                   +
 Fish Crow                       +
 Carolina Chickadee              1
 Tufted Titmouse                 1
 Red-breasted Nuthatch           1
 Carolina Wren                   2
 American Robin                  3
 Northern Mockingbird            1
 Brown Thrasher                  1
 European Starling               +
 Pine Warbler                    2
 Northern Cardinal               4
 Song Sparrow                    5
 White-throated Sparrow          2
 Red-winged Blackbird            +
 House Finch                     4
 American Goldfinch              1

 Gene Scarpulla
 Towson, Maryland
 gscarp@erols.com