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Calvert Co: Port Republic (15 Mar): Black-headed Gull, Eared Grebe

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Sherman Suter

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Sherman Suter

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Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:18:01 -0400

MD: Calvert Co: Port Republic  
15 March 2008

1525 to 1610 EDT:  scoping Bay while walking beach from S end of Scientists' Cliffs to Governors Run and return; 15 to 13 C; partly cloudy, with direct sunlight over Bay; N 10-15 km/hr; water nearly flat; low tide c 1755;

Surf Scoter    19 
Black Scoter    3
Long-tailed Duck    4
Bufflehead    30
Red-breasted Merganser    3
Ruddy Duck    4
Red-throated Loon    4
Common Loon    6
Pied-billed Grebe    1
Horned Grebe    23
BLACK-HEADED GULL    1 (basic)
Bonaparte's Gull    11
Ring-billed Gull    60
Herring Gull    7
â |

1750 to 1835 EDT:  scoping Bay from clifftop, N end Scientists' Cliffs;
13 to 12 C;  N 10 km/hr;  mostly overcast;  Bay very flat out well beyond green and red buoys; very gentle waves from NE; low tide c 1800; sunset 1914;

Gadwall    1 (m)     [with flock of 65 Horned Grebe]
Surf Scoter    32
Scoter sp (Surf or Black)    16
Long-tailed Duck    6
Bufflehead    18
Ruddy Duck    4
Red-throated Loon    29
Common Loon    7
Horned Grebe    445
EARED GREBE    1 (basic)
Ring-billed Gull    45
Herring Gull    8
â |

Sherman Suter
Port Republic MD 20676  /  Alexandria, VA 22307
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