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Conowingo Eagle Watch, 11/25/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:07:48 -0800

Hi all,


11/25/06 - 730am-1pm     Cecil Bird Club trip
Conowingo Dam "Fisherman's Park" Shures Landing Rd.,
Darlington, Harford & Cecil Counties, MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 31-54 degrees, W 4 mph- variable 5 
         mph

LEADER: Sean McCandless, Charlie Gant
OBSERVERS: 16

Canada Goose - 170 (several flocks S, SE)
American Black Duck - 34 (few arrives from the S)
Mallard - 6 (flyby S)
Double-crested Cormorant - 48
Great Blue Heron - 126
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 6
Bald Eagle - 64 (20 ad, 22 1st, 8 2nd, 11 3rd, 3 4th)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Bonaparte's Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 41
Herring Gull - 3
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Forster's Tern - 1
Rock Pigeon - 361 (168 on rocks, rest headed N)
Mourning Dove - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 6
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 20 
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 53 (on towers)
Eastern Towhee - 1
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 11
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2   
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 46 (w/ grackles)
Common Grackle - 105 (single flock headed NE)
SPECIES: 41
TOTAL BIRDS: 1098

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 6


**Forgot one additional bird at Paw Paw Tunnel was a
imm male sapsucker from Wed trip**  There should be
several sapsuckers this time of year. The weather is
cold enough and with NW winds here anywhere in MD to
bring in good #. 


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD
     






 
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