Field notes, v669
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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.