On Saturday, January 28, 2006, I led the Cecil Bird Club gull field trip to 
the Cecil County Landfill in the morning (8am - noon).  The participants 
were Charlie Gant, Bob Hickman, Parke John, Sean McCandless, Paul Noell, Bob 
Ringler, Leslie Starr, Bud Tripp, Joe Turner, and Marcia Watson. 
Participant demographics were Baltimore (3),  Carroll Co. (1), Cecil Co. 
(4), and New Castle Co., DE (2).  Gull diversity was minimal.

Snow Goose (flyover)
Canada Goose (flyover)
Common Merganser (flyover)
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
*BALD EAGLE - 2 (immature)
*COOPER'S HAWK - 2
unidentified accipiter - 1
*RED-TAILED HAWK - 4 (adults)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 5 (1 1st-W, 2 3rd-W, 1 4th-W, 1 ad-W)
Great Black-backed Gull
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
*BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - 1
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow

For lunch, six of us went to Woody's Crab House ( www.woodyscrabhouse.com ) 
in North East, MD.  This is one of my favorite restaurants in North East.  I 
have eaten at Woody's many times and they succeeded in pleasing us again. 
Two of the entree salads were exceptional.  One was a grilled tuna steak 
served over fresh garden greens and the other was 12 grilled shrimp on 
skewers served with steamed asparagus spears over a bed of fresh garden 
greens.  Extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar completed the entrees. 
Woody's Crab House has an extensive seafood menu and I heartily recommend 
Woody's to anyone birding in Cecil County.

 After lunch, we visited the North East Town Park (2pm - 3pm).  Again, gull 
diversity was minimal.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
*BALD EAGLE - 1 (immature)
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Fish Crow
Tufted Titmouse
European Starling


Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland