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2/6/05 Somerset Co.

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jim brighton

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:33:51 +0000

Vessy Orchard:

Held no real interesting sparrows other than 2 Chipping Sparrows.
15 Gadwall
6 Female Hooded Mergs
1 Horned Lark

Rumbley Point:

The large Redhead Flock is present.
1 Green-winged Teal
1 Short-eared Owl (obsereved at 10:30 am -- nice sunny day)

Crisfield:

Surf Scoters were everywhere.
1 female Black Scoter
6 Common Loons
1 Red-breasted Merg.  Only one seen the entire day.
20 Redhead
Gadwall, Bufflehead, Goldeneye, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, and Ruddy Ducks 
also observed.

Frenchtown/Rumbley:
More Surf Scoters, Bufflehead, and Goldeneyes.

Deal Island Marshes:
1 Peregrine Falcon sitting on a platform out in the marsh
1 Rough-legged Hawk
1 Tricolored Heron
2 Hooded Mergs
Many Tundra Swans

Jim Brighton
Oxford, Md