Conowingo Dam April 12, 1998

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        This is the Conowingo Dam report for April 12, 1998. Coverage was
by Rick Blom from noon - 2:00 p.m. Water very high, 8 flood gates open,
very few birds at dam.

Great Blue Heron                50+ (many on nests)
Black-crowned Night-Heron       3 (nest building)
Double-crested Cormorant        75
Bald Eagle                      3 (adults)
Osprey                          2
Ring-billed Gull                6
Herring Gull                    24
Great Black-backed Gull         11 (all gulls subadults)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher           1
TRuby-crowned Kinglet           2
Yellow-rumped Warbler           2
Palm Warbler                    3 (Western)
NORTHERN PARULA                 1 (arrival)

Normal complement of resident landbirds.

Flying
Cabbage White                   50+
Orange Sulphur                  1
Tiger Swallowtail               1
Zebra Swallowtail               1

In bloom
Mertensia
Common Blue Violet
Yellow Violet
Trout Lily
Common Cinquefoil

"Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being
offensive."  Josephine Tey

Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland

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