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Northern Harriers at Rumbly point

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Jennifer Elmer

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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:37:39 EDT

On Thursday my dad and I drove to Rumbly Point. The birds we saw are listed  
below.  
2 Northern Harriers
20 Glossy Ibis
25 Snowy Egrets
21 Great Egrets
2 Willet
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 
12 Black Ducks
12 Double Crested Cormorants
1 Bald Eagle
6 Marsh Wrens
13 Seaside sparrows
10 Barn Swallows
1 Bank swallow
6 Purple Martins 
10 Tree Swallows
We also birded near the county prison where we saw the following  birds.
4 Spotted Sandpipers ( wading in the pond west of the  prison)
6 Common Yellowthroats 
5 Eastern King Birds
20+ Canada Geese 
6 White Domestic Geese
1 Great Blue Heron
12 Gold Finches 
9 Indigo Buntings
1 Red Tailed Hawk
14 Black Vultures
12 Turkey Vultures
50 Laughing Gulls
4 Field Sparrows
1 American Crow
12 Fish Crows
1 Rufous  Sided  Towhee              
Back home in Pocomoke City I had a close encounter withe a baby Ruby  
Throated Humming bird and saved a baby Blue Jay from the cats next  door. Today I 
watched the mother and father Blue Jay take turns  feeding the baby. 
                                                                              
                                                   Birding Forever
                                                                              
                                                  Jennifer  Elmer
                                                                              
                                               Pocomoke  City MD  



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