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Near Cecil -White-faced Ibis at the C&D Canal (Delaware)

From:

Chris Starling

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Chris Starling

Date:

Tue, 6 Jun 2006 18:45:59 -0400

Greetings,

snagged this off the Delaware listserv. This is off of Route 896 a few miles 
east of Chesapeake City, MD.

(see bleow)

>From: Anthony Gonzon <>
>Reply-To: 
>To: 
>Subject: [de-birds] White-faced Ibis at the C&D Canal
>Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 18:26:45 EDT
>
>Today I took a quick cruise along the north side of the canal near Summit
>Bridge.  The Retriever Training Area is quickly evaporating in some areas,  
>but
>there are still a few waders around.  The White-faced Ibis was located  in 
>the
>"2nd Pond" when approaching on the canal roads from the Summit  Bridge.
>Accompanying it were several Glossy Ibis, 2 Little Blue Herons, 4  Great 
>Egrets, 2
>Snowy Egrets, a Least Bittern, and a pair of Pied-Billed  Grebes.
>
>Also of note, the fieldy areas immediately west of the ponds contains
>several Eastern Meadowlarks and at least 1 Grasshopper Sparrow.
>
>Good birding,
>
>Anthony T.  Gonzon, Jr.
>Middletown,  DE
>

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