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Naval Academy Dairy Farm: Sunday, March 29

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Dan haas

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Dan haas

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Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:23:43 -0400

I dropped by the US Naval Academy Dairy Farm in Gambrills, MD (AA
County).  The sun peaked out and the birds started to pour into the
sky.  I have never seen so many Kestrels in one location.  At one
point, I had 5 sitting in a row on top of fence posts down by the farm
pond.  Others were moving on, flying over.  It was quite impressive.
Two Harriers were nice as well, one adult male, one youngster.  Also
notable: the sheer numbers of gulls on the freshly-plowed portion of
the field.  Definitely worth another look soon.

Here is the list:

Canada Goose     850
Gadwall     1
Mallard     7
Black Vulture     3
Turkey Vulture     15
Osprey     1
Bald Eagle     2
NORTHERN HARRIER     2
Sharp-shinned Hawk     4
Cooper's Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk     6
AMERICAN KESTREL     13
Killdeer     3
BONAPARTE'S Gull     35
Ring-billed Gull     450
Herring Gull     250
Rock Pigeon     14
Mourning Dove     5
Northern Flicker     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     43
Fish Crow     55
Horned Lark     7
PURPLE MARTIN     2
Tree Swallow     19
Eastern Bluebird     2
American Robin     28
Northern Mockingbird     2
European Starling     34
Song Sparrow     1
Red-winged Blackbird     42
Common Grackle     35
Brown-headed Cowbird     25
American Goldfinch     1
House Sparrow     2

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

In other news, Chris Murray and I had two ROYAL TERNS in Weems Creek
(West Annapolis) this evening.  What a way to end the day!

Good Birding,

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD