Horsehead Report 1/6/99 - late

Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Sat, 09 Jan 1999 17:46:58 -0500


This is the report of birds seen at Horsehead Wetlands Center at 
Grasonville, MD - 1/6/99


   3  Great Blue Heron
  17  Tundra Swan
   7  Mute Swan
 470  Canada Geese
 483  Mallard
   5  N. Pintail
   2  N. Shoveler
   5  Gadwall
   6  Am. Wigeon (all drake - Visitor's Center Pond)
 114  Canvasback
   1  Ring-necked Duck (drake - Visitor's Center Pond)
  38  Lesser Scaup
   6  Oldsquaw
   6  C. Goldeneye
 286  Bufflehead
 104  Hooded Merganser
   3  C. Merganser
   6  Turkey Vulture
   2  Black Vulture
   1  Bald Eagle (adult - Woodland Pond, seen from the blind)
   2  N. Harrier
   1  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1  Cooper's Hawk
   1  Killdeer
  28  Ring-billed Gull
   7  Herring Gull
   6  Mourning Dove
   1  Great Horned Owl (seen in early am, have not been relocated later)
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Blue Jay
  13  Am. Crow
   4  Fish Crow
  18  Carolina Chickadee
   1  BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH (seen in am, have not been relocated later)
   1  Winter Wren
  11  Am. Robin
  12  N. Mockingbird
  83  European Starling
 498  "Yellow-rumped" Warbler (everywhere)
  13  N. Cardinal
  18  Song Sparrow
  22  White-throated Sparrow
 450  "Slate-colored" Junco (everywhere)
 388  Red-winged Blackbird
 112  Common Grackle
 105  Brown-headed Cowbird
  29  House Finch
   4  Am. Goldfinch




               Kevin Graff
               Baltimore, MD
               ggraff@erols.com

Note: Shirley Geddes and three other BBC member (I'm sorry I didn't 
catch their names) came at noon to look for the Brown-headed Nuthatch, 
without success, but got a good look at a Bald Eagle landed on a pine 
tree.