Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary
3/30/08 11:15-1:00
Highlights: three Green-winged Teals (on the pond opposite the visitor's
center), Osprey (eating fish around the silo), seven Bald Eagles, mostly
immatures tossing around high in the air, Pheobes, Tree Swallows,
Meadowlarks (in the field next to the barn right before the visitor center).
Canada Goose 14
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-necked Duck 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Wilson's Snipe 2
Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 3
Eastern Bluebird 12
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 4
Robert Ostrowski
Bowie, MD |