Chris,
What kind of herons were in your heronry? Thank you.
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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From: Chris Starling <>
> Yesterday, I spent the last hour of light scanning the upper bay and North
> East River from my usual Hances Point (Cecil County) perch. Though waterfowl
> numbers of the Susquehanna Flats were few than on Friday, there were still
> many birds to see. Due to better light conditions, I was able to note that
> there were numerous flocks of Black Scoter moving around out there. Still,
> scaup sp. made up the brunt of the species. Other notables include 15
> Common Loons (many sporting their alternate attire), 10 Red-breasted
> Mergansers, 5 Common Mergansers, at least 1000 Tree Swallows (they looked
> like mosquito swarms), and approximately 100 Bonaparte’s Gulls.
>
> Today I had two unexpected treats while traveling around work (Aberdeen
> Proving Ground –Harford). The first came at the Phillip’s Army Airfield where I
> had six raptor species in a half mile stretch of road these were: American
> Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Bald Eagle, and a surprise
> Merlin!
>
> The Second highlight was in a small flooded area of a field in the Mulberry
> Point area of the base. This wet-spot held 4 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser
> Yellowlegs, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, and at least 22 Wilson Snipe! Additionally, I
> discovered that Gull Island (off of Mulberry Point at the mouth of the Specutie
> Narrows) has an active Heronry! I had never noticed this before. There are
> only a handful of trees on this island but they are covered with heron nests...
> many herons were present as well.
>
> Good birding,
> Chris Starling
> North East, MD
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