Hi Everyone,

Here are a few highlights from birding Cecil Co. yesterday (11/25),
meeting up with Jim Brighton for some of the southern sites in the county.

Turkey Point, Cecil Co.

Tundra Swan--35
Ring-necked Duck--1
Turkey Vulture--5
Bald Eagle--1
Ring-billed Gull--1
Great Black-backed Gull--2
Hairy Woodpecker--1
Brown Creeper--2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--2
Eastern Bluebird--2
American Robin--2
Cedar Waxwing--6
Fox Sparrow--1
Song Sparrow--9
White-throated Sparrow--68
Dark-eyed Junco--2
Purple Finch--4
House Finch--6
American Goldfinch--13

North East Town Park, Cecil Co.

Canada Goose--250
Killdeer--1
Laughing Gull--40
Bonaparte's Gull--30
Ring-billed Gull--800
Herring Gull--200
Great Black-backed Gull--20
gull sp.--500
Fish Crow--35

Bethel WMA, Cecil Co. (with Jim Brighton)

Ruddy Duck--18
American Coot--25
Swamp Sparrow--1

Back Creek (also marked as White Swan Lake), Cecil Co.
(with Jim Brighton)

RICHARDSON'S CACKLING GOOSE--3; one with weak white neck ring; photos
Canada Goose--600
Osprey--1

Fields east of Stemmers Run, Cecil Co. (with Jim Brighton)

Red-tailed Hawk--1
American Kestrel--1
Savannah Sparrow--2
Song Sparrow--15
White-crowned Sparrow--1 imm.

Stemmers Run, Cecil Co.(with Jim Brighton)

Snow Goose--3 in a flock of 16 Tundra Swans
Canada Goose--75; 3 of which were in the flock of 16 Tundra Swans
Tundra Swan--16
Cooper's Hawk--1
Red-tailed Hawk--1
Myrtle Warbler--1
White-crowned Sparrow--2

Here's one photo of the Cackling Goose with a weak neck ring at Back
Creek:

http://billhubick.com/images2/cackling_goose_ce_md_20071125_01.jpg

Good birding,

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, MD

http://www.billhubick.com