Hi all,
Winds kept some birds down.
12/11/09 - 730am-815am
Trappe Church Rd., Darlington, Harford Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 24 degrees, W 8 mph- W 10 mph
Canada Goose - 97
Turkey Vulture - 8
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2
Field Sparrow - 1
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 64
"Slate-colored" Junco - 19
Northern Cardinal - 9
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 225
12/11/09 - 820am-1030am (15+ eagle photographers)
Conowingo Dam's Fisherman's Park, Shures Landing Rd., Darlington, Harford & Cecil Counties, MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 25-29 degrees, W 10 mph- W 12 mph
Canada Goose - 2
American Black Duck - 17 (both)
Bufflehead - 2
Common Merganser - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 13 (both)
Black Vulture - 66 (both)
Turkey Vulture - 6 (both)
Bald Eagle - 53
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 H, 2 C)
Peregrine Falcon - 1 (both, perch on H, attacked pigeons on cecil)
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 (both)
Ring-billed Gull - 619 (206 in Harford in flight, 413 in Cecil on rocks)
Herring Gull - 94 (both)
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 (3rd W, both, flew around a couple times)
Great Black-backed Gull - 46 (both)
Rock Pigeon - 96 (both)
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 2 (both)
American Crow - 6
Carolina Chickadee - 8
Tufted Titmouse - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
European Starling - 330 (both)
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 2
"Slate-colored" Junco - 9 (1 in Cecil on rocks)
Northern Cardinal - 2
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 38
TOTAL BIRDS: 1411
12/11/09 - 1045am-1145am
Perryville Community Park, Marion N. Tapp Pkwy, Perryville, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 30-31 degrees, W 12 mph- W 13 mph
Canada Goose - 6
Tundra Swan - 6
American Wigeon - 4
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 8
Redhead - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 40
Lesser Scaup - 52
Bufflehead - 7
Hooded Merganser - 47
Ruddy Duck - 5
Turkey Vulture - 3
Bald Eagle - 1
American Coot - 231
Killdeer - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 177
Herring Gull - 32
Great Black-backed Gull - 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 3
Fish Crow - 16
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 8
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 5
"Slate-colored" Junco - 6
Northern Cardinal - 1
American Goldfinch - 3
House Sparrow - 4
SPECIES: 35
TOTAL BIRDS: 698
12/11/09 - 1155am-1215pm (tide very low, more mudflats exposed)
Tydings Memorial Park, Commerce St., Havre De Grace, Harford Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny/Fair, 32 degrees, W 13 mph
Canada Goose - 86
Mallard - 50
Canvasback - 4
Lesser Scaup - 62
Bufflehead - 6
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
American Coot - 6
Ring-billed Gull - 314
Herring Gull - 55
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Blue Jay - 2
Fish Crow - 2
Carolina Wren - 1 (boardwalk area)
European Starling - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
House Finch - 2
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 604
12/11/09 - 1230pm-110pm
Perryman Park, Fords Lane, Perryman, Harford Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair/PC, 32-33 degrees, W 13 mph
Mallard - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 3
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 2
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
SPECIES: 16
TOTAL BIRDS: 25
12/11/09 - 115pm-150pm
Forest Greens Park, Club House Rd., Perryman, Harford Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 34-35 degrees, W 14 mph- W 15 mph
Canada Goose - 2
American Wigeon - 2
Mallard - 42
Northern Shoveler - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 4
"Slate-colored" Junco - 9
Northern Cardinal - 2
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 85
Depot or Home Depot Pond on Rt 40 in Harford Co has a pair of Mute Swans and nearly wipe out native water plants over half of the pond. Also 2 Mallards, 3 Ringnecks, 2 Great Blue, 3 pesky european bird species, 2 M Doves, 1 Redtails, some sparrows and 2 vultures............
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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