Belated May Count Report/ 102 BIG DAY
Harry Fisher (fish8553@dpnet.net)
Tue, 12 May 1998 00:00:09 -0400
Marcia Whitmyre & I , trying to give new meaning to the word intrepid,
spent 17 hrs travelling Cecil Co. on Sat. in our quest to score 100 +
birds on our BIG DAY. We were fortunate in that much could be done from
the car, and that the rain quit @ opportune times, such as the 2 hrs we
spent birding Courthouse Point on foot.
This was a productive area for us, 64 species here. And yes, we did
meet our objective, tallying up with 102 species for the day ( grin ).
Several You Know You`re Fanatic.....
My husband , who is becoming a birdwatcher in spite of himself, joined
us for the wee hrs. to listen for owls etc in the State Forest.
You Know You`re Fanatic......When you yell at your husband for hanging
his head out the window, losing his hat, and costing more than 60 sec.
time backing up to search for it!!!
You Know You`re Fanatic..... When your brother & his wife are coming to
visit next week, and all you can think about are the birds you`re going
to miss while they`re here!!
Partial List
DC Cormorant
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
LITTLE BLUE HERON
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Bobwhite
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
Killdeer
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Great Horned Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Kingfisher
Chimney Swift
Eastern Peewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Eastern Bluebird
VEERY
Wood Thrush
Bank Swallow
Parula W
Yellow W
Magnolia W
Black-throated Blue W
Yellow-rump
Pine W
Prairie W
Blackpoll W
Cerulean W
Black&white W
Redstart
Worm-eating W
Yellow-breasted Chat
White-crowned sp
Scarlet Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
BOBOLINK- on Edgar Price Rd. near Joe Metz in southern co. while
searching for Vesper Sp. re: Jim Stasz. Unfortuantely we missed Vesper,
this time!
We had a great day in spite of the gross weather.
Have a good one , Leslie Fisher