Gulls at Paxtuxent today 1/7

GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU
Thu, 7 Jan 99 18:49:17 EST


We went over to the Patuxent NWR Visitor's Ctr about 2 pm today -- Sue
Riccardi and a number of other Anne Arundel Bird Clubbers were present. They
were looking at a first winter Glaucous Gull at the time. Sue said there had
been an Iceland and a Lesser BB Gull earlier. We stayed to about 4 pm, by
then the Iceland had returned. Lots of gulls milling in and out today.

Other birds of interest include a good number of Rusty Blackbirds (we counted
at least a dozen and there could have been more) as well as Common Snipe out
on drained Lake Cash. We also saw the strange Blue/Canada Goose (??) hybrid
with about 200 Canadas on Lake Redington -- color like a blue goose, size
and general shape like a Canada but with a somewhat shorter bill and thicker
neck.

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
gail@umdd.umd.edu