RE: Conowingo Birds and Chili

Metter, Jeffrey (MetterJ@grc.nia.nih.gov)
Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:37:36 -0500 

Les:
We would like to thank you for sponsoring the event, and for taking on two last
minute birders. We had a great time. The weather was nice. We had a good
selection of birds. And the chili was delicious.  It was an opportunity to
forget about the loss of power from the ice storm. Luckily, the power was on
when we got home.
	Best wishes,
		Elayne and Jeff Metter



	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Les Eastman [SMTP:les_eastman@netfox.net]
	Sent:	Sunday, January 17, 1999 5:19 PM
	To:	MDOsprey
	Subject:	Conowingo Birds and Chili

	I want to thank everyone who came on the field trip today.  I enjoyed
	meeting the new ones and seeing the repeaters again.

	For those who didn't come, we had a beautiful day and the birds were
	pretty good, too, although we had a few no-shows like the Lesser
	Black-backed Gull, Peregrin Falcon and Black-crowned Night-Heron. Here
	is my tally.  Some of the birds I heard but didn't really point out. If
	anyone has any to add, let me know.  I came up with 48 species:

	 PIED-BILLED GREBE             
	 HORNED GREBE                  
	 GREAT BLUE HERON              
	 TUNDRA SWAN       
	 TRUMPETER SWAN
	 CANADA GOOSE                  
	 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK           
	 MALLARD                       
	 NORTHERN SHOVELER             
	 GADWALL                       
	 AMERICAN WIGEON               
	 CANVASBACK                    
	 REDHEAD                       
	 RING-NECKED DUCK              
	 LESSER SCAUP                  
	 COMMON GOLDENEYE              
	 BUFFLEHEAD                    
	 HOODED MERGANSER              
	 COMMON MERGANSER              
	 RUDDY DUCK                    
	 BLACK VULTURE                 
	 TURKEY VULTURE                
	 BALD EAGLE                    
	 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK            
	 RED-TAILED HAWK               
	 AMERICAN COOT                 
	 BONAPARTE'S GULL              
	 RING-BILLED GULL              
	 HERRING GULL                  
	 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL       
	 ROCK DOVE                     
	 MOURNING DOVE                 
	 BELTED KINGFISHER             
	 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER         
	 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER        
	 DOWNY WOODPECKER              
	 BLUE JAY                      
	 AMERICAN CROW                 
	 CAROLINA CHICKADEE            
	 TUFTED TITMOUSE               
	 CAROLINA WREN                 
	 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET        
	 EASTERN BLUEBIRD              
	 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD          
	 EUROPEAN STARLING             
	 SONG SPARROW                  
	 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW        
	 DARK-EYED JUNCO 
	 COMMON GRACKLE                

	Not bad considering that we basically ignored the landbirds.

	Les

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	Les Eastman
	les_eastman@netfox.net
	Havre de Grace, MD
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