Havre de Grace

Les Eastman (les_eastman@netfox.net)
Sat, 17 Apr 1999 22:43:59 -0400


Harford County celebrated Earth Day today with a celebration in Havre de
Grace.  The Harford Bird Club had an exhibit in the main tent and I had
my scope set up overlooking the Susquehanna River to give people looks
at the birds in the area.  The big hit of the day was a nesting Bald
Eagle with at least 2 young. The nest is actually in Cecil County on the
Perry Point VA Hospital grounds or nearly so.  Although the nest was
probably a mile away, my 75X Celestron gave decent looks at one parent
bird which obligingly stayed put all morning and early afternoon and at
least 2 little heads that popped up periodically.  It was some people's
first look at an eagle.

Other birds seen were: 
Osprey nesting on the Amtrak bridge
DC Cormorants
Mallards
Red-breasted Mergansers
Coots
Bonaparte's Gulls
Ring-billed Gulls
Herring Gulls
Tree Swallows
Barn Swallows

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Les Eastman
les_eastman@netfox.net
Havre de Grace, MD
Visit the Harford Bird Club Web Page at http://birdclub.harfordhasit.com