Havre de Grace
rick (rblom@blazie.com)
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 15:38:54 -0400
In was at the marina at havre de Grace today from 10:45 a.m. -
12:15 p.m. on a falling tide. The flats and the grass mayt were very
extensive and there were a great many birds, although the viewing
conditions were not always good because of sun and heat shimmer. Along with
the usual suspects, there were
Pied-billed Grebe 22 (excellent place for them)
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 45
Great Egret 2
Canada Goose 200+
Mallard 50+
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 8
Northern Shoveler 5
Blue-winged Teal 9
Green-winged Teal 2
duck sp many (I didn't bother with moth of them)
Killdeer 45+
Black-bellied Plover 9
American Golden-Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Leasy Sandpiper 15
Semiplamted Sandpiper 5
Western Sandpiper 10
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
peep sp. 150 (small peeps I didn't try to ID)
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 50+
Herring Gull 20+
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 (2nd summer/3rd winter)
Great Black-backed Gull 10+
Caspian Tern 75+
Forster's Tern 200+
At least 14 Turkey Vultures flew by, headed south. I saw 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler in the trees at the south end of the lot. The number
of birds is quite impressive at low tide. Many of the shorebirds feed on
the extesive grass mats.
Rick
"Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being
offensive." Josephine Tey
Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland