Hi All,
The Ellison/Martin party for the Kent County Fall Count covered
southwestern Kent County concentrating on our home vicinity of
Chesapeake Landing and Great Oak Pond (76 species) and Eastern Neck
Island (84 species) compiling a grand total of 113 species. Highlights
included 19 warbler species (18 on E. Neck I. alone) with good numbers
of some uncommon Eastern Shore migrants, e.g. 10 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, 6
CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 6 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, and a late adult male
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER on E. Neck I. at the west end of Bogles Wharf Rd;
good waterfowl numbers on Great Oak Pd including 35 Blue-winged Teal and
38 shovelers; a big BROAD-WINGED HAWK flight totaling about 800 birds,
the largest kettles were over Great Oak Pd around 10:00 AM; all three
nuthatches including 8 RED-BREASTED and 10 Brown-headed (all on E. Neck
I.); 8 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks; a Purple Finch (brown type) at
Chesapeake Landing; 3 SNOWY EGRETS at Eastern Neck Narrows; 17 Great
Egrets with 14 on the pond near Shipyard Creek Landing; 8 BLACK TERNS on
the Chester River seen from Bogles Wharf; and a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO seen
on the Duck Inn Trail at E. Neck I. So it was a good, even excellent
day, absent any mega rare birds.
Good Birding,
Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin
23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620
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