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Cecil & Harford Counties. , 12/3/10

From:

Joe Hanfman

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Joe Hanfman

Date:

Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:45:51 -0500

    Jeff Culler and I did some duck watching in Cecil and Harford Counties
today. The two best locations were Perryville Community Park in Cecil County
and Swan Harbor Farm Park in Harford County which both had hundreds of
ducks. 1 Blue-winged Teal at Perryville and 3 at Swan Harbor were a
surprise. The lists below are abridged with the common species removed.

  Joe Hanfman

Columbia, MD


Location:     Elk Neck SP--Turkey Pt.
Observation date:     12/3/10
Number of species:     34
Tundra Swan     500
American Black Duck     3
Bald Eagle     9
American Coot     300
Eastern Screech-Owl     1
Brown Creeper     2
Carolina Wren     1
Winter Wren     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Cedar Waxwing     80
Fox Sparrow (Red)     3



Location:     Elkton Marsh
Observation date:     12/3/10
Number of species:     15
Cooper's Hawk     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     1
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)     1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     75




Location:     Perryville Community Park
Observation date:     12/3/10
Number of species:     35
Mute Swan     7
Tundra Swan     150
Gadwall     30
American Wigeon     48
American Black Duck     20
Blue-winged Teal     1
Northern Shoveler     10
Canvasback     100
Ring-necked Duck     700
Greater Scaup     2
Lesser Scaup     40
Bufflehead     12
Hooded Merganser     6
Red-breasted Merganser     2
Ruddy Duck     144
Pied-billed Grebe     4
Double-crested Cormorant     3
Bald Eagle     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Coot     10
Belted Kingfisher     1



Location:     Tydings Memorial Park, Havre de Grace
Observation date:     12/3/10
Number of species:     10
Lesser Scaup     6
Hooded Merganser     2




Location:     Swan Harbor Farm Park
Observation date:     12/3/10
Number of species:     33
American Black Duck     10
Mallard     250
Blue-winged Teal     3
Green-winged Teal (American)     30
Lesser Scaup     50
Bufflehead     10
Ruddy Duck     175
Wilson's Snipe     4
Bonaparte's Gull     1



Location:     Home Depot Pond
Observation date:     12/3/10
Number of species:     11
Mute Swan     2
Gadwall     12
American Black Duck     2
Mallard     2
Green-winged Teal (American)     12
Ring-necked Duck     3
Ruddy Duck     2
Pied-billed Grebe     1
American Coot     8







-- 
Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD