It was a fantastic day of birding on the Susquehanna today. I was at
Lapidum with Jim Stasz from before first light to about 3:30pm when
Marshall Iliiff called to say he had a Leach's Storm-Petrel above Conowingo
Dam. Lots of people joined us at Lapidum throughout the day and nearly
everyone present when Marshall called successfully chased the Leach's
Storm-Petrel.
I uploaded two videos of the Leach's that I took this evening at
www.flickr.com/mdhafner
Warning: one of the video contains foul language as we were witnessing
attacks on one of the Leach's by 2 Peregrines and a Bald Eagle!
Here is a quick summary of the sightings, full lists were kept by Stasz,
Hubick, and Iliff and will be entered into ebird:
Snow Goose - 1 bird headed south at Lapidum
BRANT - several hundred birds headed south
Gadwall - a few birds in with other dabbler flocks
American Wigeon - many birds in with other dabbler flocks, a few pure flocks
Northern Shoveler - a few birds in with Pintail flocks
Northern Pintail - Several hundred birds moving south today
Green-winged Teal - a couple birds in with dabbler flocks
Lesser Scaup - many groups going south
Surf Scoter - a couple flocks heading south at Lapidum
White-winged Scoter - A few birds mixed with other duck flocks, one single
Black Scoter - a couple flocks at Lapidum in the early morning, one flock
of 30 above the dam on the water
Ruddy Duck - several flocks above the dam
Common Loon - a few birds on the water and flying south
Horned Grebe - one bird above the dam
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL - 2-3 birds above the dam on Conowingo Lake found by
Iliff.
NORTHERN GANNET - one adult headed south at Lapidum, found by Paul Dennehy
Great Egret - one headed south at Lapidum
Black-bellied Plover - flock of 7 above the dam, one large flock of
shorebirds over Cecil was probably this species
Sanderling - a few birds mixed with Dunlin flocks
Dunlin - many hundreds of birds heading south
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE - a few flocks headed south, one group of about 6
birds was seen off and on from Lapidum sitting on the water
RED PHALAROPE - several birds heading south at Lapidum and above the dam,
at least 2 were with the 6 Red-neckeds sitting on the water at Lapidum
Bonaparte's Gull - a few birds at Lapidum
Laughing Gull - higher than normal numbers at Lapidum, 140 above the dam
ICELAND GULL - a first-cycle bird at Port Deposit, another above the dam
Common Tern - probably 20+ birds on the river
Forster's Tern - several hundred on the river
BLACK SKIMMER - 3 birds headed south at Lapidum early in the morning
POMARINE JAEGER - group of 7 early in the morning, some of which hung out
to mid-morning, group of 2 later in the morning, then a group of 5,
followed by 23 in the early afternoon, 2 above the dam by Iliff
PARASITIC JAEGER - one above the dam, by Iliff before everyone else arrived
I may have missed something, but the ebird lists will catch everything.
Good birding!
Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD
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