Hi all,



   There are 3 owls now.  The fella from Frederick
Bird Club (forget his name, sorry) and I had a good
time  watching two playing over a frozen pond.   First
bird came out at 522pm for 25 seconds from the field
with dozens of hay bales and disappear for 4 minutes
before return again at 526pm on a tree at the
hedgerow. At 529pm second owl appear from the NNW and
chase off the 1st one off the tree into the field of
hay bales. 3rd owl came out from W at 530pm and join
the second one at the frozen pond on your left and
played for a while.  2nd and 3rd owl still playing
when we left at 545pm. 

01/23/08 - 4pm-545pm
Along Keysville Rd., Taneytown, Carroll Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 37-33 degrees, NW 9 mph- WNW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

Common Merganser - 5 (4 drakes, 1 hen headed N)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Northern Harrier - 5 (2 gray ghost, 2 females, 1 imm.)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
American Kestrel - 1
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 14
SHORT-EARED OWL - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (S end of road near creek)
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 4 (flyby)
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 62
Song Sparrow - 13
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2 (near Hagertown Ln)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
House Finch - 3
SPECIES: 28
TOTAL BIRDS: 140

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 2
White-tailed Deer - 4



    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
    



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