I didn't get any jaegers or storm petrels, but there is always tomorrow.
Other highlights from today:
-five Gadwall in a nearby pond.
-a handful of DUNLIN flew directly over my home!
-a lingering CATTLE EGRET on Whitehall Road.
So I got up early and hiked into the park. It was officially closed, but I hoped that I'd have no issues hunkering down to watch the birds. I didn't, but I DON'T RECOMMEND DOING IT. Bill Schreitz joined me for an hour or two before we both had to leave around 2:30.
Here is my list:
BRANT 89 Conservative estimate!
Canada Goose 37
Mallard 10
Surf Scoter 7
WHITE-WINGER SCOTER 1
Black Scoter 19
Bufflehead 12
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER 1
Ruddy Duck 2
Common Loon 3
Double-crested Cormorant 48
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 3
Bald Eagle 2
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 1 flew South past the point. obtained less-than-spectacular photo.
Killdeer 2
SANDERLING 3
DUNLIN 174 several flocks moving past the point all morning.
RED PHALAROPE 1 Flew as soon as I set up by the bathrooms. Called. Solitary. Unable to obtain a photo, as the camera was not yet out of my dry bag from the hike into the park.
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Laughing Gull 202
Ring-billed Gull 175
Herring Gull 120
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult. photos.
Great Black-backed Gull 785 easily more than this conservative count.
Forster's Tern 5
Royal Tern 6
TERN SP. 1 flew NORTH over the point. Smaller than the nearby Royals, but couldn't confirm SANDWICH in time. Thin wings, long winged and had dark bill from below.
Rock Pigeon 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 9
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 3
House Finch 12
Pine Siskin 30
Good Birding,
Dan Haas
St. Margaret's, MD
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