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Purple Sandpipers / Thomas PP / AA county

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chris murray

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chris murray

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Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:50:30 -0500

Dan Haas found 2 Purple Sandpipers feeding on the rocks at Thomas Point Park
today.  I raced over from College Park to see them.  Gannets were
everywhere.  There was also a large feeding flock of Boneparts Gulls off to
the north. Dan picked out a pair of Red-Throated Loons, and Joe Hanfman
picked a White-Winged Scoter out of a scoter flock.  What did I find? A
single House Sparrow in the holly bush at the end of the point. My full
list:

Location:     Thomas Point Park
Observation date:     12/3/09
Number of species:     15

Greater/Lesser Scaup     225
Surf Scoter     80
White winged Scoter 1 (Joe)
Long-tailed Duck     16
Bufflehead     45
Common Loon     4
RED-THROATED LOON 2 (Dan)
Northern Gannet     11
Double-crested Cormorant     4
Turkey Vulture     3
Bald Eagle     2
PURPLE SANDPIPER     2
Bonaparte's Gull     75
Laughing Gull     1
Ring-billed Gull     3
Great Black-backed Gull     6
Forster's Tern     2
House Sparrow     1

Good birding,
Chris Murray
Annapolis