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AA, QA, CL, & DO Counties, 2/06/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Tue, 7 Feb 2006 20:47:08 -0800

Hi all,



1110am-1140am
Rt 97/Rt 50 E to Bay Bridge, Millersville,
Anne Arundel Co., MD

OBSERVERS: Steve Sanford, Kevin Graff
WEATHER: PC, 40-41 degrees, W 18 mph- W 17 mph

   2  Mute Swan
   6  Mallard
   1  Surf Scoter
   4  Bufflehead
   4  Black Vulture
   8  Turkey Vulture
   1  Red-shouldered Hawk
   2  Red-tailed Hawk
  12  Ring-billed Gull
   1  Herring Gull 
  11  Rock Pigeon
   1  Mourning Dove
   1  Northern Flicker
   3  American Crow
  56  European Starling
   1  Red-winged Blackbird
 114  16 species

1140am-1235pm, lunch in area
Rt 50 E, Bay Bridge to Rt 404, Grasonville, 
Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 41-43 degrees, WNW 17 mph- W 
         10 mph
  
  93  Canada Goose
   6  Mute Swan
   4  American Black Duck 
  15  Mallard
   2  Green-winged Teal
   2  Ring-necked Duck - Bay Bridge Pond
   4  Greater Scaup
   5  Bufflehead
   1  Great Blue Heron
   1  Black Vulture
  18  Turkey Vulture
   1  Bald Eagle
  40  Ring-billed Gull
   5  Herring Gull
   6  Rock Pigeon
   1  Mourning Dove
   1  Northern Flicker
 373  European Starling
   1  Red-winged Blackbird
 579  19 species

105pm-145pm
Denton Waste Water Treatment Plant, Legion Rd,
Denton, Caroline Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 43 degrees, W 10 mph- WSW 17 mph

 103  Canada Goose
   4  Mallard
  82  Ring-necked Duck 
   2  Greater Scaup
   1  Lesser Scaup
   3  Bufflehead
   9  Common Goldeneye - 2 drakes, 7 hens
  51  Ruddy Duck
  11  Turkey Vulture
  47  Ring-billed Gull
   4  Rock Pigeon
   1  Mourning Dove
   5  European Starling
   1  Song Sparrow
   1  Red-winged Blackbird 
   2  Common Grackle
 327  16 species

Barnyard Birds
   1  White Cornish Chicken - hen


quick stop: Williston Lake - Caroline Co.
- 1 drake Bufflehead & 2 hen Common Goldeneyes

Fowling Creek Mill Pond - Caroline Co.
- 60 C. Goose, 3 hen C. Goldeneye, 1 PB Grebe


3pm-4pm
Bestpitch Ferry Rd./Griffith Neck Rd., Cambridge
Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 45 degrees, WSW 17 mph- W 17 mph

  40  Canada Goose
  11  Mallard   
  33  Wild Turkey
   1  Great Blue Heron
   5  Black Vulture
  54  Turkey Vulture
   2  Bald Eagle
   1  Northern Harrier
   9  Killdeer
   1  Greater Yellowlegs
   1  Wilson's Snipe
 105  Ring-billed Gull
   5  Herring Gull
   1  Rock Pigeon
   1  Mourning Dove
   6  American Crow
   1  Horned Lark
   1  Savannah Sparrow
   2  Song Sparrow
   1  White-throated Sparrow
   1  "Slate-colored" Junco
   1  Northern Cardinal
 283  22 species

420pm-5pm
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Key Wallace 
Dr., (Wildlife Drive only), Church Creek, 
Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 45 degrees, W 17 mph- W 12 mph 

 7243  Snow Goose - several flocks
 1971  Canada Goose
   26  Tundra Swan
    2  Gadwall
   28  American Black Duck
  243  Mallard
    4  Northern Shoveler
  454  Northern Pintail
    2  Green-winged Teal
    3  AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
    4  Great Blue Heron
    2  Black Vulture
   15  Turkey Vulture
    9  Bald Eagle
    5  Northern Harrier
    2  Killdeer
    1  Greater Yellowlegs
    3  Dunlin - flyby in distance
   35  Ring-billed Gull
    1  Herring Gull
    2  Rock Pigeon - fields
    3  Mourning Dove
    1  Hairy Woodpecker
    5  Eastern Bluebird
    1  Northern Mockingbird
   18  European Starling
    1  Song Sparrow
   23  Red-winged Blackbird
    1  Rusty Blackbird
    1  House Finch
    2  American Goldfinch
10111  31 species
 

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



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