Hi all,


Howard County Mid-Winter Bird Count, 2/04/06

715am-11am
Centennial Park, Rt 108, Columbia, Howard Co., 
MD

OBSERVERS: Mike Leumas, Kevin Graff
WEATHER: Cloudy/light rain, 46-48 degrees, ENE 
         9 mph- E 16 mph

 581  Canada Goose
   1  CACKLING "RICHARDSON'S" GOOSE
   1  Wood Duck - drake
  22  Mallard - 12 drakes, 10 hens
   2  Canvasback - both drakes
  11  Ring-necked Duck - 9 drakes, 2 hens 
   8  Lesser Scaup - 5 drakes, 3 hens
   5  Hooded Merganser - 3 drakes, 2 hens
   2  Ruddy Duck - both hens
   3  Great Blue Heron
   2  Black Vulture
   4  Turkey Vulture
   2  Red-shouldered Hawk
   7  Ring-billed Gull
   1  Herring Gull
  13  Mourning Dove
   1  Belted Kingfisher
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   6  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Hairy Woodpecker
   5  Blue Jay
   9  American Crow
   2  Fish Crow
  15  Carolina Chickadee
   3  Tufted Titmouse
   1  Brown Creeper
   6  Carolina Wren
   3  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   1  American Robin
   3  Northern Mockingbird
 172  European Starling
  16  Cedar Waxwing
   2  Eastern Towhee
   1  Fox Sparrow
   4  Song Sparrow
  46  White-throated Sparrow
  22  "Slate-colored" Junco
  57  Northern Cardinal 
  43  Red-winged Blackbird
   2  House Finch
   2  American Goldfinch
   1  House Sparrow
1090  42 species

Mammals
   7  Gray Squirrel
   1  Red Fox

12pm-1pm
East Potomac Park, Ohio Dr., Hains Point section
of Washington, D.C.

WEATHER: Light drizzle/light rain, 48-49 degrees, 
         ESE 8 mph- E 8 mph

 386  Canada Goose
   4  American Black Duck
 123  Mallard
   2  Ring-necked Duck
   8  Greater Scaup
  67  Lesser Scaup
   1  Bufflehead
   2  Ruddy Duck
   1  Pied-billed Grebe
   1  Merlin
   1  Peregrine Falcon - old RR bridge
   5  American Coot
 433  Ring-billed Gull
   2  Herring Gull
   1  LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - adult
  15  Great Black-backed Gull 
   3  Rock Pigeon
   1  American Crow
   1  American Robin
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   1  Brown Thrasher - taking cover at Lot C
 397  European Starling
   3  Song Sparrow - Lot C
   3  White-throated Sparrow - Lot C
   5  House Sparrow  
1467  25 species

**SSSHHH, Don't tell Norm about this. After Hains
Point, saw a Snowy Owl w/ 5 others at Dulles
Internation Airport in VA in the rain** 


       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
       


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