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Pickering Creek Birds - Dec 10th

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Les Roslund

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Les Roslund

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Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:22:59 -0500

I took the time today to bird woodlands and some fields of Pickering Creek
Audubon Center, but did not visit the wetland ponds.  Birds seen:
 
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 1
Snow Goose    - 1
CACKLING GOOSE - 1
Canada Geese - 25,000 +
Mallard - 5
Turkey Vulture - 8
Bald Eagle - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 77
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 6
Northern Flicker - 6
Blue Jay - 38
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 14
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
HERMIT THRUSH - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 6
Myrtle Warbler - 4
Eastern Towhee - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 47
Dark-eyed Junco - 49
Northern Cardinal - 1
RUSTY BLACKBIRD - 1
Purple Finch - 1
House Finch - 7
American Goldfinch - 14
 
Along the driveway on this 60+ degree day there was one Spring Peeper
calling.
Also, one of the White-throated Sparrows was so pale that it almost looked
white from a distance.  It certainly stood out in comparison to the others
of that species.
 
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601