[MDOsprey] Ches. Beach & Merkle ducks
Charlie Muise (cmmbirds@yahoo.com)
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:20:28 -0800 (PST)
Hi folks,
Merkle's pond hosted the following:
1 Ring-necked Duck
3 American Coots
5 Gadwall
2 Northern Shovellers
~15 Green-winged Teal
~20 Mallards
The number of White-crowned Sparrows seems lower
this year than in the past. Perhaps not
unrelated, the number of House Sparrows is
higher. I will be doing the Bluebird boxes this
year (with help, I hope - any takers?) so
hopefully this trend will reverse.
The pond on the north side of Croom Airport Rd,
just west of the tracks, hosted:
8-9 Gadwall
3 Northern Pintails
~12 Mallards
Chesapeake Beach went from a few hundred Scaup
sp. this morning, to at least 3000 this evening.
Still didn't get any other _Aythya_, but I think
it's worth a try with that number. They are
visible from a number of locations, but the best
this evening was behind Chaney's Bar.
There were also scattered Buffleheads, a few
Coots, and about 15 loons - all Commons,
methinks.
Have fun. I am off to Deal tomorrow!
Charlie Muise
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Charlie Muise, Naturalist
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary
Maryland, USA
cmmbirds@yahoo.com
"Leave the gun; take the cannoli"
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