Back River WWTP: 03/29/98
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Fri, 03 Apr 1998 18:19:32 -0500
This is the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant report for Sunday,
March 29, 1998.
The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Debbie Terry.
Observation: 0830-1245
Sunny, 80 degrees F.
Double-crested Cormorant 63
Great Blue Heron 5
Canada Goose 12 (1 on nest)
Wood Duck 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Green-winged Teal 5 (2 male, 3 female)
Mallard 10
American Wigeon 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Hooded Merganser 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Turkey Vulture 7
Bald Eagle 1 (immature)
Cooper's Hawk 1 (adult)
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 (adult)
Red-tailed Hawk 3 (2 adult, 1 immature)
American Kestrel 1 (male)
*KILLDEER 3 (1 ON NEST WITH FOUR EGGS)
*COMMON SNIPE 7
Laughing Gull 1 (breeding plumage)
Bonaparte's Gull 300
Ring-billed Gull 19
Herring Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Dove +
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1 (Yellow-shafted)
Tree Swallow 1
American Crow +
Fish Crow +
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling +
Pine Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird +
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 1
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com