Hi Gail,
 You mention a Bald Eagle nest. Is this at BARC? Near water?

Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD


Nothing much else of interest other than the Bald Eagle pair was sitting around  
nd their nest seems to hold some fresh branches. 







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From: Gail B. Mackiernan %3Ckatahdinss%40comcast.net%3E <>
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Sent: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 3:25 pm
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Cackling Geese at BARC


Hi -- 

Barry and I did a run around the Beltsville Ag Research Ctr. this morning in 
opes that the Sandhill Cranes Harry Armistead reported this morning (for a 
riend) might still be around. No luck on cranes but we did find a huge flock of 
anada Geese along Powder Mill Rd. inside BARC. There were about 3500-4000 
eese. We scanned them from 3 sides and located at least five Cackling Geese in 
he flock. (There could have been far more!) One bird sported a distinct white 
ollar below the black neck stocking, and another was a very frosty bluish-gray 
n the back (easily picked out from the many many brownish gray Canadas). 
onsiderable scanning did not yield any rarer geese -- alas. 

Nothing much else of interest other than the Bald Eagle pair was sitting around  
nd their nest seems to hold some fresh branches. 

Gail Mackiernan 
Colesville, MD