Partial results of Triadelphia CBC
Warblerick@aol.com
Sun, 20 Dec 1998 13:11:43 EST
We're still waiting for a few send-in returns, but the preliminary results
look as if we had 87 species, with few rarities. I haven't tallied the numbers
for the common birds, so I don't have a feel for the overall totals, but in
talking to folks at our tally rally (which, I think, was really superb!) I got
the feeling that numbers were low, especially of commoner species. I know that
I only recorded (for my party) a single Blue Jay, and only 2 American
Goldfinches!. On the brighter side, our party had 2 Chipping Sparrows (the
only ones seen on the count), 3 Savannah Sparrows (getting harder to find),
and [once again] a single Merlin (also the only one on the count).
We spent 2 hours in pre-dawn owling, recording nothing better than a Red Fox,
Gray Squirrel and a few deer. Seems the wind kept the owls quiet, but we did
get a Great-horned Owl later in the morning, being harrassed by crows till it
flew from a large cedar tree to better conditions in deeper woods.
Mammals of note: 5 Red Foxes during the day in our area, 1 large beaver, and
the largest herd of deer I've ever encountered (perhaps 40-60 near the Ag.
Farm Park in Derwood).
I will update further as more folks send in their sheets, and I start
compiling.
Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD
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