[MDOsprey] Delaware birding 12/18
MH1920@aol.com
Sun, 19 Dec 1999 21:53:07 EST
Katie Prothero, Cheryl Chronowski, Joe Chronowski and I birded some Delaware
locations today. We did Silver Lake, Cape Henlopen, Prime Hook, Port Mahon,
and Bombay Hook. There were several highlights:
Laughing Gull - 1 at Silver Lake
Brown-headed Nuthatches - many at Henlopen campground, there were NO finches
Snow Buntings - flyovers on Pier at Henlopen and flyovers on the point
Merlin - 1 on the point at Henlopen
Rough-legged Hawk - 1 sitting on telephone wire at Port Mahon
Short-eared Owls - 4 at Port Mahon at 1:00pm!!
Least Sandpiper - 4 in Dunlin flock at Port Mahon
American Pipits - 100+ at Bombay Hook
Matt Hafner
Bel Air, MD