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Fort McHenry 4/24/04

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Robert Ringler

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Maryland Birds & Birding

Date:

Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:13:28 -0400

    I visited Fort McHenry this morning 0815-1045 and found the following:

Canada Goose  12
Mallard  9
Lesser Scaup  4
Bufflehead  16
Horned Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  11
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  5, pair copulating on new nest platform
Kestrel  1
Peregrine  1 cruising
Killdeer  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  9 flew over
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Ring-billed Gull  14
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-back  2
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  4
E. Kingbird  1
Tree Swallow  8 nest-building
Blue Jay  15
Fish Crow  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Robin  3 nest-building
Catbird  2
Brown Thrasher  3
Pipit  heard 1
Starling  20
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Yellowthroat  1
Towhee  1
Field Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  1
Seaside Sparrow  1, looked out of place in a sycamore tree; now I know where to find them in Carroll Co.
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  5
Junco  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  15 nest-building
Orchard Oriole  heard 1
House Finch  1
Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  8

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg, Md


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