Octoraro IBA, 11/25/10

Location:     Octoraro IBA
Observation date:     11/25/10
Notes:     huge flock of blackbirds that continued growing as I observed them, primarily red-winged blackbirds with smaller numbers of brown-headed cowbirds and grackles
Number of species:     20

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis     60
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos     15
Common Merganser - Mergus merganser     5
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias     9
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis     320
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     X
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     1
Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus     1
Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris     5
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus     1
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos     1
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris     200
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     3
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis     14
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis     19
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     2
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     30000
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula     10000
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater     10000

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Drew Weber

Penn State University
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