[MDOsprey] PAc Loon and other Susquehanna birds
rick (rblom@blazie.com)
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 03:06:23 -0500
The Pacific Loon was still holding court at Bald friar Road on
Friday afternoon, although much of the time the distance and the high wind
made ID tough. Despite the overcast and the rain, which are perfect this
time of year, there were not many other birds moving. We had one flock of
23 OLDSQUAW, all males, fly by, and about 40 RED BREASTED MERGANSERS, all
females, and 10 COMMON MERGANSERS, also females. The COMMON LOON count
peaked at 18, but two of us had a RED-THROATED LOON close to the Cecil
side. At least until tomorrow I suspect we are the only two observers who
have ever seen all three loons at the same time in Maryland, a very minor
distinction at best but one that amused us at the time. The were also about
75 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 6 FORSTER'S TERNS.
The highlight (for me, not the others) was a flock of 12 adult
LAUGHING GULLS flying down the river, a good, late, inland number.
At the base of the dam at dusk we found two adult LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS. In a field along Rt. 136 in the morning I found a flock
fo 700 RING-BILLED GULLS which also had 22 LAUGHING GULLS. Go figure.
Rick
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-- Kingsley Amis
Rick Blom
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4318 Cowan Place
Belcamp, Maryland 21017
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