I've been away from the computer this weekend, but last Thursday I drove
through PG on my way to St. Mary's and made a couple of quick (<an hour) stops.
Highlights (for me at least) were hundreds of Robins, Gadwall, Northern
Shovelers on Schoolhouse Pond and Am. Pipit and a Barred Owl at Patuxent
River Park. I posted a couple of so-so pics of the waterfowl-
www.flickr.com/photos/mattyfioner
Bill took care of the Pax River NAS count, so I'll pass on repeating that.
Happy new year!
Matt Tillett
Linthicum Heights, MD
Here are the digits...
Location: Schoolhouse Pond, Upper Marlboro
Observation date: 12/27/07
Number of species: 18
Canada Goose 270
Trumpeter Swan 1
Tundra Swan 1
Gadwall 3
Mallard 48
Northern Shoveler 7
Black Vulture 4
Laughing Gull 1
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 380
Herring Gull 17
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 400+
Northern Cardinal 2
Location: Patuxent River Park
Observation date: 12/27/07
Number of species: 23
Canada Goose 250+
Northern Harrier 1
Ring-billed Gull 325
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Barred Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
American Crow 7
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Pipit 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Northern Cardinal 13
American Goldfinch 3 |