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Piscataway Park and Mattawoman Creek--Eurasian Wigeon, many ducks--12/29/2008

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Ronald Gutberlet

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Ronald Gutberlet

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Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:53:14 -0500

Hi Everyone,

The male Eurasian Wigeon continues at Piscataway Park (PG Co) among numerous other ducks and geese.  Many ducks, geese, and swans were also present on Mattawoman Creek as viewed from the end of Mattawoman Creek Rd (Charles Co).  My counts (ducks and geese from Piscataway, full list from Mattawoman Creek) are below.  Check out some of the numbers--quite a spectacle!

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD



Location:     Piscataway Park
Observation date:     12/29/08

Canada Goose     150
Wood Duck     1 female
Gadwall     970
Eurasian Wigeon     1 male
American Wigeon     130
American Black Duck     18
Mallard     60
Northern Pintail     1
Redhead     85
Ring-necked Duck     270
Lesser Scaup     120
Bufflehead     15
Hooded Merganser     2
Common Merganser     30
Ruddy Duck     260


Location:     Mattawoman Creek Rd
Observation date:     12/29/08

Canada Goose     190
Tundra Swan     11
American Black Duck     86
Mallard     72
Northern Pintail     305
Green-winged Teal (American)     6
Bufflehead     37
Hooded Merganser     6
Common Merganser     4
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Great Blue Heron     5
Ring-billed Gull     73
Herring Gull     24
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     6
American Crow     3
Carolina Chickadee     1
Tufted Titmouse     1
Carolina Wren     3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Hermit Thrush     1
European Starling     10
Song Sparrow     3
White-throated Sparrow     10

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)