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Masonville Cove 4/30/06

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Bob Ringler

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Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:54:14 -0400

   I visited Masonville Cove in Baltimore City from about 8-11 AM and found the following birds:

Canada Goose  48
Mallard  11
Lesser Scaup  3
Bufflehead  1 female
Common Goldeneye  1 female
Red-breasted Merganser  1 female
Pheasant  1 heard
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  20
Great Blue Heron  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1 adult
Turkey Vulture  9
Osprey  2
BALD EAGLE  2 adults sitting together, no nest seen
Killdeer  2
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Ring-billed Gull  8
Herring Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Feral Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  60 migrating
Fish Crow  7
Tree Swallow  2
Rough-winged Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  15
Carolina Wren  4 heard
House Wren  2 heard
Gnatcatcher  1
Hermit Thrush  1
Robin  4
Catbird  8
Mockingbird  3
Starling  21
Yellow Warbler  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  23
Scarlet Tanager  1 heard
Towhee  1 male
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  5
Swamp Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  3
Cardinal  10
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  6
Cowbird  1 female
Orchard Oriole  2 males
House Finch  2 males
Goldfinch  11
House Sparrow  1 male

   Part of this site is being developed as an expansion of the Fairfield auto terminal. Part will be preserved as a nature sanctuary. Access is with the permission of the Maryland Port Administration.
--
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD