Hi all on saturday 2 - 16 - 08 at about 4:30 Pm and starting from Rt 301 to Rt 213 to Rt 309 to Rolling bridge road back to Rt 301 near Centreville Maryland . I Scanned fields and ponds in the area and met with some good sightings . Two Red Shouldered Hawks at Rt 213 at Rt 309 one on the a fence at roads edge flew back to female in the top of a 20 ft high tree father back from the road were he stopped to mate .
Latter on Rolling Bridge road there was a flock of about 1,000 Snow Geese were I located 1 white adult Ross,s Goose in the middle of the flock . Complete list is below and also has been submitted to the Great Backyard Bird count .
Snow Geese 1,000 Rolling Bridge Rd 2,000 here Sunday but to far to pick out a Ross,s
Ross, Goose 1 adult white
Canada Geese 1,500 all over
Gadwall 7 some in pond on Rt 213 and others Rt 309 pond 1 mile from 213
Mallard 4
Redhead 2 drakes pond on Rt 213
Ring Necked Ducks 94 pond on Rt 213
Great Blue Heron 1 Rolling Bridge road flyover
Turkey Vulture 2
Red Shouldered Hawk 2 Rt 213 and Rt 309
Red Tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1 Rolling Bridge Road
Killdeer 11 in field in back of the pond 1 mile from Rt 213 thats on Rt 309
Starling 300 all over
P. S . I forgot to include the 200 or so Horned Larks flying around the same field as the killdeer but way out
Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Md
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