[MDOsprey] Harford Birds
rick (rblom@blazie.com)
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:16:29 -0500
I hit a few of the local hotspots on Thursday. No great rarities,
but not a bad day. Highlights included:
Perryman fields:
Tree Swallow 300
Palm Warbler 1 (Western)
Field Sparrow 6
Savannah Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 30
LINCOLN'S SPARROW 1 (absurdly cooperative!)
Swamp Sparrow 4 (1st of year there)
White-crowned Sparrow 17
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Am. Goldfinch 20
Havre de Grace flats:
Double-crested Cormorant 30
Canada Goose 600
MUTE SWAN 3 (a lowlight)
American Wigeon 5
Northern Shoverler 3
Osprey 1
American Coot 300 (building up)
Laughing Gull 1
Forster's Tern 110
Caspian Tern 12
Spesutie Island causeway and walk down fenceline
Bald Eagle 2 (imm)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Forster's Tern 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 20
Carolina Chickadee 16 (no Black-caps yet)
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 4
HOUSE WREN 2 (getting late)
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 14 (frustrating search for Orange-crown)
Hermit Thrush 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30
Eastern Towhee 4
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco 3
PURPLE FINCH 2
Hoadley Road
Mute Swan 5 (persistent lowlight)
GREATER SCAUP 1
LESSER SCAUP 2
SCAUP SP. 3500 (only three birds flapped)
RUDDY DUCK 200 (the ducks are in!)
Rick
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Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
4318 Cowan Place
Belcamp, Maryland 21017
(410)575-6086