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Harford Co. Birds 4/28/07

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Bob Ringler

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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:18:26 +0000

   Yesterday morning Debbie Terry and I visited Susquehanna State Park and Swan Harbor Farm. It was quite foggy along the Susquehanna early but it quickly cleared. Birds there included:

Canada Goose - a pair with six downy young
DC Cormorant - about 200, mostly perched on rocks in the river
Great Blue Herons, Ospreys, and Spotted Sandpipers were common.
Great Crested Flycatcher  1 heard
White-eyed Vireo  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  2 heard
Blue-headed Vireo  3
Warbling Vireo - about 10
Red-eyed Vireo  2 heard
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Gnatcatcher - about 15
Wood Thrush  2 heard
Catbird  1
Nashville Warbler  1 singing
Parula - about 20
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Myrtle Warbler - about 40
Black-throated Green Warbler  1 heard
Cerulean Warbler  2 heard
Black-&-white Warbler  1
Redstart  1 adult male singing
Ovenbird  2 heard
Northern Waterthrush  1
Louisiana Watertrhrush  5
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  20
Goldfinch - about 20

At Swan Harbor Farm:
Blue-winged Teal  8
Green-winged Teal  1 male
Pied-billed Grebe  1
American Bittern  1 seen, possibly a second heard
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Coot  4
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  14
Least Sandpiper  30
Wood Thrush  1 heard

--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD