Here are the totals for the weekend from Jim Stasz and me. Jim has posted the numbers from Back River and Marshy Point. Matt Hafner and Tom Feild were keeping the list for Lapidum and Conowingo on Sunday, hopefully they will complete the listing process on these other observations soon.

Location:     Perryville Community Park
Observation date:     3/15/08
Number of species:     33
 
Canada Goose     73
Gadwall     70
American Black Duck     2
Mallard     11
Northern Shoveler     9
Canvasback     115
Ring-necked Duck     98
Lesser Scaup     288
Greater/Lesser Scaup     500
Bufflehead     56
Common Goldeneye     7
Hooded Merganser     5
Common Merganser     24
Red-breasted Merganser     3
Pied-billed Grebe     34
Horned Grebe     1
Turkey Vulture     1
American Coot     1598
Killdeer     1
Bonaparte's Gull     1
Ring-billed Gull     367
Herring Gull     33
Great Black-backed Gull     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
American Crow     4
Carolina Chickadee     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Brown Creeper     2
Eastern Bluebird     2
European Starling     1
Song Sparrow     4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     5
Common Grackle     12
 
 
Location:     Conowingo Lake, Harford
Observation date:     3/17/08
Number of species:     7
 
Wood Duck     1
American Black Duck     12
Mallard     4
Ring-necked Duck     4
Bufflehead     1
Common Merganser     26
Ring-billed Gull     6
 
 
Location:     Conowingo Dam, Harford Co.
Observation date:     3/15/08
Number of species:     6
 
Great Blue Heron     3  - We did not count birds in the heronry, only at the dam
Osprey     2
Bald Eagle     4
Ring-billed Gull     20
Herring Gull     2
Great Black-backed Gull     1
 
 
Location:     Lapidum
Observation date:     3/15/08
Number of species:     20
 
Wood Duck     9
Mallard     5
Canvasback     13
Ring-necked Duck     6
Greater/Lesser Scaup     16
Hooded Merganser     2
Common Merganser     6
Pied-billed Grebe     12
Double-crested Cormorant     22
Great Blue Heron     4
Bald Eagle     6
Little Gull     2
Bonaparte's Gull     35
Ring-billed Gull     250
Herring Gull     250
Great Black-backed Gull     63
Mourning Dove     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
American Crow     3
Song Sparrow     1
 
 
Location:     Swan Harbor Farm Park
Observation date:     3/16/08
Number of species:     19
 
Canada Goose     40
Mallard     4
Blue-winged Teal     2
Northern Pintail     5
Green-winged Teal (American)     60
Turkey Vulture     3
Bald Eagle     1
American Coot     3
Wilson's Snipe     48
Herring Gull     1
American Crow     4
Fish Crow     8
Horned Lark     2
Eastern Bluebird     4
European Starling     2
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)     12
Song Sparrow     7
Swamp Sparrow     1
Red-winged Blackbird     2
 

Ed Boyd
Westminster, MD