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ober 12, 1973, Hot Springs, Garland Co. Arkansas. Heavy rain storms, p.m.
Chimney Swifts - big numbers in evening + Oct. 14 at airport:
Blue Jays Buff-breasted Sandpiper
C. Crows Killdeer
House Sparrows BJ, C. Crow and E. Meadowlark
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November 17, 1973, Queen Anne Co, US50-Bridgetown, Md. w/ David B. Marshall. - before 7a.m.
E of 305 - Peregrine Falcon
N of 304, W of Bridgetown - Wilson Snipe flushed by lime-spreader.
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Nov. 17, 1973, DSH 10, Md. line to Viola & US 113, Kent Co. Delawra - 7:23-755 a.m. Ovc.cool
Pied-billed Grebe Laughing Gull Starlings Slate-coloredJuncos DEM
Canada Geese Mourning Dove House Sparrow White-throated Sns. 3926
Mallards Blue Jay E. Meadowlark Song Sparrow
Black Ducks Common & Fish Crow Redwing
Pintails Car. Chickadee Cowbirds
Turkey Vultures Wh-brstd Nuthatch C. Grackles
Marsh Hawk - 2 Mockingbird Cardinals
Killdeer Robin Ruf-sided Towhee
Nov. 17, 1973, Bower's Beach, Kent Co. Delaware 8a.m.-820 breezy, cold, cloudy. DEM
Blue Heron - 2 Clapper Rail - 1 called Herring Gulls 3927
Whistling Swan - few Kil'deer Pipit
Canada Geese flocks common Gr. Black-backed Gulls Boat-tailed Grackles
Snow Geese - 5000& in air over Delaware Bay C. Goldfinches
Black Ducks Bonaparte Gulls
Old Squaws - 25-30 to N Ring-billed Gulls
Nov. 17, 1973, Port Mahon and ponds, Kent Co. Dela. 8:45-900 a.m. Cold, breezy, cloudy.DEM
Bufflehead - 2 Tree Sparrow 3928
Marsh Hawk White-throated Sparrow
Kestrel Song Sparrow
Nov. 17, 1973, Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co. Dela. w/ DEM. 910-noon. Windy, cold, clr-brknn.
Blue Heron - 2 Marsh Hawk -3or 4 Herring and Ring-billed Gulls
Com. Egret - 5 Kestrel - few Myrtle Warbler 3929
Canada Goose - 50-75,000 Coot - 12's House Sparrows
Hutchins??Can.Goose - 12's Killdeer - 12-15 Meadowlark (10) Redwings - 12's
Snow Goose - 300&,ad& imms. Gr. Yellowlegs - 17/4 Slate-colored Juncos 12's
Blue Goose -40' ad & imms. Dunlin -12's on tiderud Lincoln Sp.-1-
Mallard - 100's ***Curlew Sandpiper-Erolia ferruginea - winter plumage-wide
Black Duck - 12's eyestripe, bill curved all the way, not just hooked at
tip. Very long and slender, longer than head. breast
Pintail - 12's quite light. Had white tail base in flight. Alone with
Green-winged Teal -100's a wing-billed gull on marsh mud near end of road loop.noon.
Baldpate - few Deeps - 12's
Showeller - few
Nov. 17, 1973, Cape Henlopen, Sussex Co. Dela. DBM.12+50-2:45 p.m. Cold, windy, brkn-clear.
Hiked around Cape and down thru dune area to parking area. Tree Swallows 25&
Common Loon - 4 Sanderling flock - 1/3 winter, 2/3 summer plumage 3930
Red-throated Loon 12& Gr. Black-backed Gulls Ipswich Sparrow - 2/3
European Cormorant - 2 Ring-billed and Laughing Gulls Fox Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Little Gull - on ocean, longit.black stripes of imm.
Canada Goose flocks few showed well. Song Sparrows
Marsh Hawk - 2 Horned Larks - 2 w/ plovers on grass Lapland Longspur- 3
Kestrel - 1 Fish Crows Snow Buntings -45-50
Black-bellied Plover - 13&, both on grass fields and along bayshore.
Semi-palmed Plover - 1, side by side with
Piping Plover - 1 , yoth in shelter from wind.
Ruddy Turnstone - 150& in one flock on shore.