My lovely wife Emery and our Son Declan went to Merkle in PG County
this afternoon for a brief hike. We were accompanied by Emery's
sister Eliza and her beau Chris Murray. Chris has spent lots of time
over the last few years deep in the jungles of Peru and other South
American countries studying Macaws. So, today while we did some
'birding by ear', he remarked that the Merkle birds didn't have that
Spanish accent that he is accustomed to hearing.
Even still it was a great day.
I thought the weather was supposed to be cold and rainy. I was
planning to stay inside today and do paperwork. If this great weather
keeps up, I may never get those taxes done.
Location: Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary, PG County, MD
Observation date: 3/15/08
Notes: One RED HEADED WOODPECKER was dead hanging from a tree. It
looked like it died in an apparent territory dispute. The carcass was
hanging from the tree, looking uneaten but slightly weathered. Photos
will soon be posted on the blog.
Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey (Two of them... screaming from the heavens.)
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk (Two of them... also doing quite a bit of screaming.)
Red-tailed Hawk (Two circling in flight)
VIRGINIA RAIL (calling in the marsh.)
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
PINE WARBLER
Eastern Towhee
FIELD SPARROW (great looks for all to see.)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
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Around 5:30 this evening, I quickly dropped by the boat ramp in West
Annapolis to check on the RED NECKED GREBE. It was still doing it's
thing in our neighborhood creek. On the way home I noticed an
unusually large gathering of GRACKLES. Our neighborhood is grackle
central this time of year... but even this was impressive.
Location: Weems Creek, Annapolis, MD
Mallard
Bufflehead
Horned Grebe (Was feeding about 100 yards from the Red-necked
Grebe, closer to the mouth of Weems Creek.)
RED-NECKED GREBE (Still enjoying our Weems Creek hospitality.)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey (The "West Annapolis / Wardour Beach" Osprey and the "Rt.
50 Cell Tower" Osprey are both present and accounted for today.)
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
EASTERN PHOEBE (FOY for West Annapolis.)
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Common Grackle (Purple)
These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
All the best,
Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD
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