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Terrapin Park QA. County Birds ( 9 -30 - 05

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danny poet

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danny poet

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Sat, 1 Oct 2005 21:04:23 -0400

After the cold front passed thru Fri Morning  I decided to go to Terrapin  
Park  in QA County it is locatated just to the north of the  cheasapeake Bay 
Bridge  on Kent Island. I found  53 species some new fall  arrivals  and one 
new county Bird plus 9 Warbler species. I birded from 7:45 Am till about  
3:00 Pm . Highlights were
Canada Geese   - many
Mute Swan     2
Mallard     38
Wood Duck   19
Green Winged Teal   4
Black Ducks      4
Great Egret 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Snowy Egret      5
Green Heron       1 immature
Forester's  Tern    34
Killdeer   4
Lesser yellowleggs      1
Spotted Sandpiper      1       at the beach bayside
Osprey          1
Red Bellied Woodpecker    2
Downy   Woodpecker      2
Hairy Woodpecker      1
Yellow Bellied  Sapsucker      1      first of the fall for me
Flicker     4
Chimney  Swift      8
Phoebe       2
Carolina  Wren   4
House Wren    1
Mockingbird      4
Catbird         8
Scarlet Tanager     3
Ruby Crowned Kinglet  12    my first of the fall
Cedar Waxwing     10
Common Yellowthroat     3
Magnolia   Warbler      6
Chestnut  - sided  Warbler    1
Wilson's Warbler        1            A  QA  county first for me
Yellow Rumped Warbler     2      falls  first
Redstart      4       all  were yellow female type
Black - Throated Blue   warbler       1 female
Northern  Parula       1
Ovenbird         1
Indigo Bunting   1
Blue Grosbeak     1
Dark Eyed Junco   1
Swamp Sparrow    1



Happy Birding
Danny  Poet
Queenstown  , Md

Robin     22