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Kent, Cecil, and Harford Counties , 4/12/11

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Joe Hanfman

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Joe Hanfman

Date:

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:10:52 -0400

    Jeff Culler and I birded several areas in Kent, Cecil, and Harford
Counties today. The highlights were:
Chesapeake Farms - Great Egret, American Coot.
Eastern Neck NWR - Canvasback, Surf Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser,
RED-THROATED LOON, Horned Grebe, Virginia Rail, Pileated Woodpecker,
Brown-headed Nuthatch.
Rt 290, Chesterville - Purple Martin.
Sassafras River--Georgetown - Caspian Tern.
Stemmers Run - White-crowned Sparrow.
Hack Point, Cecil County - Great Egret.
Swan Harbor Farm Park - Gadwall, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Purple
Martin. Also a boat which has run agound on a sandbar off the Swan Harbor
Farm. Could not read the boats name in the heat shimmer.
Home Depot Pond, Harford County - Wood Duck, Gadwall.

Our complete lists are below (long):

Location:     Chesapeake Farms
Wood Duck     5
American Wigeon     2
Mallard     22
Northern Shoveler     80
Green-winged Teal (American)     8
Ruddy Duck     20
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     1
Black Vulture     2
Turkey Vulture     2
Osprey     2
Bald Eagle     2
American Coot     6
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Bonaparte's Gull     4
Laughing Gull     6
Ring-billed Gull     250
Mourning Dove     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Blue Jay     4
American Crow     1
Tree Swallow     100
Barn Swallow     6
Tufted Titmouse     1
Eastern Bluebird     2
Hermit Thrush     1
American Robin     2
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     12
Eastern Towhee     4
Chipping Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     6
Red-winged Blackbird     75
Common Grackle (Purple)     12
House Finch     1


Location:     Eastern Neck NWR
Green-winged Teal (American)     20
Canvasback     1
Greater Scaup     45
Surf Scoter     60
Bufflehead     60
Red-breasted Merganser     1
Ruddy Duck     250
Wild Turkey     1
Red-throated Loon     1, Viewed from Ignleside. Thanks Walter.
Horned Grebe     5
Double-crested Cormorant     50
Great Blue Heron     6
Black Vulture     6
Turkey Vulture     12
Osprey     14
Bald Eagle     4
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)     1
American Kestrel     4
Virginia Rail     1
Greater Yellowlegs     2
Lesser Yellowlegs     5
Dunlin     4
Bonaparte's Gull     2
Ring-billed Gull     8
Herring Gull (American)     2
Great Black-backed Gull     3
Forster's Tern     8
Mourning Dove     2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     5
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Fish Crow     4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1
Tree Swallow     10
Barn Swallow     2
Brown-headed Nuthatch     2
Carolina Wren     3
Eastern Bluebird     4
American Robin     12
Northern Mockingbird     4
European Starling     18
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
Eastern Towhee     2
Chipping Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     3
Northern Cardinal     4
Red-winged Blackbird     48
Common Grackle (Purple)     60
Brown-headed Cowbird     24

Location:     Chesterville--Rt 290, Kent County
Bald Eagle     1
Northern Harrier     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Purple Martin     6
American Robin     6
European Starling     12
Red-winged Blackbird     12
Common Grackle (Purple)     12
House Finch     1

Location:     Sassafras River--Georgetown, Kent County
Double-crested Cormorant     7
Ring-billed Gull     70
Caspian Tern     20
Rock Pigeon     5

Location:     Stemmers Run, Cecil County
Canada Goose     6
Double-crested Cormorant     10
Great Blue Heron     2
Turkey Vulture     6
Osprey     4
Bald Eagle     1
Cooper's Hawk     1
American Kestrel     2
Killdeer     1
Ring-billed Gull     4
Mourning Dove     4
American Crow     1
Barn Swallow     2
American Robin     6
Northern Mockingbird     3
European Starling     1
Chipping Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     2
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)     1
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     2
Common Grackle (Purple)     1

Location:     Hack Point, Cecil County
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     1
Forster's Tern     4
Carolina Wren     1
Red-winged Blackbird     1
House Sparrow     1


Location:     Swan Harbor Farm Park, Harford County
Canada Goose     30
Gadwall     4
Mallard     4
Blue-winged Teal     8
Northern Shoveler     2
Green-winged Teal (American)     50
Ring-necked Duck     4
Lesser Scaup     12
Bufflehead     6
Hooded Merganser     1
Horned Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     125
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     6
Osprey     2
Bald Eagle     4
American Coot     6
Killdeer     1
Greater Yellowlegs     5
Wilson's Snipe     2
Bonaparte's Gull     4
Ring-billed Gull     140
Herring Gull (American)     20
Great Black-backed Gull     6
Caspian Tern     4
Mourning Dove     1
Eastern Phoebe     2
American Crow     1
Fish Crow     6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1
Purple Martin     10
Tree Swallow     24
Barn Swallow     8
Carolina Chickadee     1
Eastern Bluebird     2
American Robin     6
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     2
Eastern Towhee     1
Chipping Sparrow     1
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)     2
Song Sparrow     10
Swamp Sparrow     6
Red-winged Blackbird     36
House Finch     2

Location:     Home Depot Pond, Harford County
Canada Goose     10
Wood Duck     3
Gadwall     3
Mallard     1
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Red-winged Blackbird     12




-- 
Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD

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