Field notes, v669
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Dec. 20, 1975, 7th Annual White House Christmas Count. 9:35-10:45, clear, S3-15, 28-34°. w/ Mike Farrell, Rex Scouten, Irv. Williams and Dale Haney. Herring Gull - 2 Rock Dove -18 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 on front elm.Signs of work Blue Jay - 2 Cardinal - 5 Fish Crow - 1 Purple Finch - 2 Mockingbird - 7 White-throated Sp - 14 Starling - 6 Y-b S and PF new in 1975 House Sparrow - 40 Species - 11 Individuals - 98. 7-yr avg. 11 species and 137 individuals Dec. 20, 1975, Georgetown Reservoirs - 115 p.m.EST. Canvasbacks - 11M and 29Fimms Ring-necked Duck - 6M Goldeneye - 2 Fimms Ruddy Duck 180 Coots Great-Black-back Gull - 3 Herring Gull - 40 Ring-billed Gull - 7 Dec. 28, 1975,Blackwater NWR, Dorchester Co.Md. 8:45-9:45, SW 3-5, Ovc, cold. Blue Heron Whistling Swans Canada Geese -large, medium Mallards Black Ducks Pintails Green-winged Teal Baldpates Shoveller C. Mergansers Redtailed Hawk Bald Eagle - 2imm Marsh Hawk Fimm Sparrow Hawk Killdeer Kingfisher Flickers Blue Jays Starlings Myrtle Warbler Comm. Grackle Rusty Blackbirds Redwings Cardinals Song Sp. Musk rat feeding. Dec. 28, 1975, Dec. 28, 1975, Ocean City Jetty, Worcester Co.Md. 1130-1 p.m. W 5-10 Cold Canada Goose Bufflehead Black Brant Ruddy Ducks Surf Scoters Red-breasted Merganser White-winged Scoters Purple Sandpiper King Eider - pr. Old Squaws - 30-35,both plumages Herring, Ring-bill, and Bonaparte Gulls. Dec. 28, 1975, Silver Lake, Rehoboth, Sussex Co. Delaware. 145-2p.m. 35° W10-15. Canada Goose - 525 Mallard - 56, Black Duck - 30, Shoveller - 2, Canvasback - 1150 Black-back Gull - 6 Ring-bill Gull - 1h0, Herring Gull - 8 Dec. 28, 1975, Lewes Pond, Sussex Co. Dela. 215-225 p.m. Canada Goose - 650 Snow Goose - 3 Greater Scaup - 2 Ruddy Duck, Hooded Merganser Coot European Cormorants and Sanderlings at Cape Henlopen, Ruddy Turnstone and Killdeer at Broadkill Beach.