The Eastern Shore Bayside, In the Rain
Norm Saunders (osprey@ARI.Net)
Mon, 6 Apr 1998 18:39:12 -0500
In the short period between showers on Saturday morning, Fran and I
managed to kick up the following birds at Irish Grove and along
Rumbley Point Road, beyond Irish Grove, in Somerset County:
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 3
Clapper Rail 1
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Dunlin 75
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Common Snipe 6
Forster's Tern 7
Seaside Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
Eastern Meadowlark 5
On Sunday, a quick stop at Blackwater NWR, in Dorchester County,
yielded:
Bald Eagle 3 adult, 5 subadult
Osprey 7
and the following waterfowl:
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Northern Shoveler
Red-breasted Merganser
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Norm Saunders
Colesville, MD
osprey@ari.net