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Dec. 27, 1978, Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware: Clear, 32ºF, NW20-35 mph. w/ M & J.
Blue Heron - 1
Whistling Swan - few
Can.Goose - 100's
Snow Goose - 3
Mallard - 12's
Black Duck - 12's
Pintail - few
Greewing Teal - five
Bufflehead - 4 pr.
C. Merganser - 6
Turkey Vulture - many in windy sky
Marsh Hawk - 2
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Gr. Black-back Gull - 8
Herring Gull - 12
Ring-billed Gull - 80
Flicker
Horned Larks
House Sparrow.
Meadowlark
Redwings
Cowbirds
Cape Henlopen, Del. 1130-1150 a.m. cold and windy.
Lapland Longspurs - 50-60
Snow Bunting - 70-75
Silver Lake, Rehobeth, Del. 1210-1225 p.m. Windy, cold.
Canada Goose - 487
Mallard h2
Black Duck - 110
Canvasback - 841 M and 82 Fimms.
Coots - 8
Bonaparte Gull - 45-50
Ring-bill Gull - 55-60
Gr. Black-back Gull - 8
Indian R, Inlet - Del. 12h5-115p.m. Cold and very windy
Common Loon - 3
Red-throated Loon - 1
Red-necked Grebe - 1
Common Scoter - 1
White-wing Scoter - 3
Surf Scoter - 3
Ruddy Turnstone - 2pr. red-orange legs, mottled plumage
Purple Sandpipers - 75-80 - 3 pics.
Blk-leg Kittiwake - 3
Ring-bill Gull - 12's
Herring Gull - 15.
Ocean City Inlet - Maryland - 1h5-225p.m. Clear, cold, windy
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crst. Cormorant - sev.
Harlequin Fimm. - 1
Old Squaw - 15-20 in varied plumages
Red-breasted Merganser - 3
Laughing Gull - 5
Bonaparte Gull - 27-30
W. Ocean City Pond, Md. 235-240 500& canvasbacks
Choptank River, Cambridge, Md. 350 p.m. Common Goldeneyes.
Dec. 30, 1978, Widewater-Potomac River, Anglers to Lock 16, 1230-2& p.m. Ovc. cold, windy
C. Golden-eyes in river
Ring-bill Gull
Pilea ed Woodpecker
Downy Wplr
Red-bell Wpkr
Hairy Wpkr
Yel-bellied Sapsucker - 1 imm. M
E. Bluebird pr
Cedar Waxwings feeding on Jap. honeysuckle berries
Juncos
Wh-thrt Sparrows.
Jan. 9, 1979, Roaches Run, Alexandria Va. 1115 a.m. clear, cold, breeze
Mallards, Black Ducks, Baldpate, Pintails, Gr. Black-back, Herring, Ring-bill Gulls,
Rock Doves and Redwings Fimm plumage.
Jan. 9, Dyke Marsh, Bellhaven, Alexandria, Va. 12-145 p.m. Clear, calm, cold.
Mallards - 15-20 pair
Black Duck - few
Lesser Scaup - 40-45
Bufflehead - up to 22 full M, & few Fimms.
Ruddy Duck - 15-20
Common Merganser -12 pr.
Red-tailed Hawk imm.
Kestrel imm.
Killdeer - 8-10
Herring, Ring-bill
& Gr.ElBack Gulls
Mourning Dove -2
Kingfisher
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Pileated Woopweker
Yel-bell Sapsucker
Downy Wpkr
Blue Jay & Crow
Car. Chick & TTit
Carolina Wren
Mocker
Cardinal Lincoln Sp, Song Sps.
Redwings-Fimms
C. Goldfinches
Sl-col Juncos
Savannah Sps.
Field Sps.
Wh-thrt Sp.
Jan. 9, 1979, Great Falls, Va. Potomac R. 230-4:15p.m. $6.00/yr adm.fee paid.