Monday, January 21, 2008

Mon. 1/21: New CMBO Eagle Trip

If you really want to see a Bald Eagle, then you should have been on today's CMBO program, Where The Eagles Are. This was a brand new program offered for the first time, centered around some of the best areas to see Bald Eagles (including several active nest sites) in Cumberland County. And it certainly lived up to its billing, with a total of 16 Bald Eagles seen between six different sites as well as a host of other great finds, including a dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk at Newport Landing, nearly 30 Northern Harriers hunting at the same time at Turkey Point, and an entertaining mid-air battle at Beaver Dam Boat Rental between two male Red-tailed Hawks over some sort of rodent. Lists from Newport Landing and Green Swamp/PSE&G Cohansey River Restoration Site are included. It might be cold, but there are certainly birds to be found, so get out there!

Location: Newport Landing
Observation date: 1/21/08
Notes: part of CMBO Eagle trip
Number of species: 22
American Black Duck 35

Mallard 2
Bufflehead 15
Hooded Merganser 6
Turkey Vulture 3
Bald Eagle 3
Northern Harrier 8
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Killdeer 4
Dunlin 40
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 25
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 45
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 75
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Eastern Meadowlark 1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)


Location: Green Swamp
Observation date: 1/21/08
Notes: part of CMBO Eagle trip
Number of species: 13
Snow Goose 10000

American Black Duck 30
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 5
Northern Harrier 8
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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