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Re: Grackle Subspecies Study, plus CBC

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Jeff Shenot

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Jeff Shenot

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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:03:12 -0500

Great photos Bill!

I also had a Bronzed Common Grackle in the group here at our feeders this weekend.  This was an amazing storm, eh?  I did the Jug Bay Christmas Bird Count today (Area 2; Mt Calvert and the area around our house).  It was tough walking thru the knee deep(+) snow, but a beautiful day.  I managed to get in 2 hours in the morning, then pushed snow off the driveway and around the house for 5 hours, and then birded 2.5 more hours to end the day.
I didn't find anything extraordinary, but the diversity was great.

Highlights:

Cackling Goose  2
Canada Goose  146
American Black Duck	  295
Mallard  34
Northern Shoveler  5
Northern Pintail  61
Green-winged Teal  3
Ring-necked Duck  1
Hooded Merganser  8
Common Merganser	 13
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Bald Eagle  4
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Killdeer  11
Wilson's Snipe  9
Ring-billed Gull  165
Herring Gull  48
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Red-headed Woodpecker  2
American Tree Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  1
Fox Sparrow  1
Rusty Blackbird  1

Species  72
Total individuals  1319

Cheers!
Jeff Shenot
Croom Md