Conowingo and Phoenix Pond
Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Sat, 25 Apr 1998 23:15:03 -0400
Went to Conowingo Dam on April 23 in early morning and had some good
birds:
Double-crested Cormorant - 155
Great Blue Heron - 56 (counted 25 nests on Cecil County side)
Black-crowned Night Heron - 6 (counted 3 nests on island)
Solitary Sandpiper - 1 (seen on edge of island)
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 28
Great Black-backed Gull - 15 (all subadult)
Caspian Tern - 2
Turkey Vulture - 11
Black Vulture - 8
Bald Eagle - 2 (adult)
Osprey - 4
Rock Dove - 21
Mourning Dove - 4
Great Horned Owl - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 2
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 85
Blue Jay - 2
Am. Crow - 5
Fish Crow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 4
Am. Robin - 6
N. Mockingbird - 5
European Starling - 23
N. Parula - 5
Palm Warbler - 2
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
N. Cardinal - 4
Common Grackle - 41
*An adult and juv. Great Horned Owl seen down the path about a mile from
the parking lot; Second pair of Osprey starting building a new nest high
on the tower.
Phoenix Pond - April 25
Great Blue Heron - 1
Canada Goose - 4
Mallard - 2
Wood Duck - 2
Turkey Vulture - 6
Black Vulture - 4
Broad-winged Hawk - 5
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 4
Am. Kestrel - 1
Moruning Dove - 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
Barn Swallow - 8
Tree Swallow - 8
Chimney Swift - 5
Blue Jay - 4
Am. Crow - 8
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 49 (3 prs. are building nests)
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Am. Robin - 2
N. Mockingbird - 4
White-eyed Vireo - 1
N. Parula - 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 3 (mostly heard)
N. Cardinal - 10
Indigo Bunting - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 9
Brown-headed Cowbird - 7
Am. Goldfinch - 13
Kevin Graff
Baltimore, MD
ggraff@erols.com