With Sue Ricciardi and Debbie Terry I helped with the Prince George's County Winter Count today in the Upper Marlboro area. Our highlights:
Cackling Goose 4 apparently a family group at Schoolhouse Pond in large flock of Canadas
Shoveler 44 mostly at Depot Pond
Common Merganser 39 at Depot Pond
Harrier 1 female on M elwood Road
Iceland Gull 1 second-winter bird at Schoolhouse Pond
Lesser Black-back 2 adults at Schoolhouse Pond
Sapsucker 5 for the day
Phoebe 1 at Depot Pond
Otherwise, land bird numbers were generally low, particularly sparrows. Geese numbered about 1,000 at Schoolhouse Pond and the 1,500 or so gulls there were crowded onto the small remaining patch of ice. The landfill and recycling center were closed today.
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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