Conowingo Dam: Oct. 19, 1997
Rick Blom (rblom@blazie.com)
Sun, 19 Oct 1997 20:36:31 -0400
The second Conowingo Dam report for the season. Coverage was from
1:30-2:30 p.m. Cloudy, cool, windy.
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Blue Heron 30
Canada Goose 350 (flyovers)
Mallard 3
Black Duck 4
Turkey Vulture 8
Bald Eagle 5 (2 ad; 3 imm)
OSPREY 1 (sitting in tree, broken wing)
Killdeer 1
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 150
Herring Gull 32
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 1 (juv/1st winter: 1st of season)
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Forster's Tern 18
Rock Dove 60+
Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland
"Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked
birds he would have done better to preach to the cats."
Rebecca West