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Operation Crossbill in Cecil County, 02/28/09

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:31:07 -0800

Hi all,



02/08/09 - 8am-940am 
Brantwood Golf Course, Williams Rd., Elkton, Cecil Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 57-60 degrees, W 9 mph- W 11 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., Sean McC., Chris S.

Snow Goose - 26 (single flock headed N)
Canada Goose - 1754 (many headed north, too early?)
Tundra Swan - 24 (nearby road, headed NW)
Mallard - 5 (headed N)
Northern Shoveler - 8 (headed N)
Hooded Merganser - 10 (headed N)
Common Merganser - 15 (2 flocks, headed N)
Turkey Vulture - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 353 (many flyby N)
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 14
Horned Lark - 1 (heard, seen flyover)
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 10 (many seen, few heard in distance)
Brown Creeper - 1 (Sean/Chris)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 (Sean/Chris)
Eastern Bluebird - 2 
American Robin - 8
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 15
Cedar Waxwing - 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (Sean/Chris)
White-throated Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 9
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 93 (w/ grackles
Common Grackle - 191 (several small flocks headed N)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 6 (w/ grackles)
House Finch - 2
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL - 39 (21 flyover, 13 in spruce tree, 5 more flyby)
Pine Siskin - 4                         
American Goldfinch - 5
SPECIES: 36
TOTAL BIRDS: 2624

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD