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Swan Creek, 4/22

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Stanley Arnold

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Stanley Arnold

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Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:00:31 -0400

Hi Folks,

I spent about 90 minutes birding the Swan Creek Wetland (and Cox Creek 
Dredged Material Facility) in AA Co., yesterday afternoon, with a few 
interesting finds.  Of note was a BANK SWALLOW, among three other species of 
swallows; a SAVANNAH SPARROW (somewhat tough to find in AA Co.), and my foy 
LEAST SANDPIPER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS (2).  Also present were SIX Little 
Blue Herons, all adults, and ELEVEN Spotted Sandpipers, all working a small 
section of beach along the Patapsco River.  The big dredge pond hosted a 
dozen CASPIAN TERNs among a couple dozen gulls.  The ebird report below.

Stan Arnold
Ferndale (AA Co.)


> Location:     Swan Creek Dredged Material Facility
> Observation date:     4/22/09
> Number of species:     30
>
> Canada Goose     12
> Mute Swan     4
> Mallard     3
> Lesser Scaup     3
> Ruddy Duck     3
> Great Blue Heron     3
> Snowy Egret     3
> Little Blue Heron     6
> Osprey     4
> Red-tailed Hawk     1
> American Kestrel     1
> Killdeer     3
> Spotted Sandpiper     11
> Greater Yellowlegs     1
> Lesser Yellowlegs     2
> Least Sandpiper     1
> Bonaparte's Gull     1
> Herring Gull     19
> Great Black-backed Gull     9
> Caspian Tern     12
> Fish Crow     3
> Tree Swallow     6
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow     12
> Bank Swallow     1
> Barn Swallow     2
> Northern Mockingbird     1
> Savannah Sparrow     1
> Song Sparrow     8
> Northern Cardinal     1
> Red-winged Blackbird     10
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
>