Hey everyone,
I spent some time birding in Dorchester County this weekend. Highlights include:
1/12/13
Wild Turkey - 24 - Maple Dam Rd.
Golden Eagle - 1 - Key Wallace Dr, an adult bird viewed well as it soared overhead.
American Pipit - 18 - Key Wallace Dr.
Rusty Blackbird - 4 - Key Wallace Dr, feeding on side of the road.
1/13/13
Cackling Goose - 1 - Blackwater NWR, mixed in with a Canada Goose flock in front of the Visitor Center.
Ross's Goose - 1 - Blackwater NWR, mixed in with a Snow Goose flock at the end of the wildlife loop, next to the future Harriet Tubman Museum site.
Blue-winged Teal - 2 - Bestpitch Marsh flats, a pair.
Common Merganser - 150 (estimated) - Blackwater NWR, observed from the new viewing platform.
American White Pelican - 24 - Blackwater NWR.
Greater Yellowlegs - 3 - LeCompte WMA.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 - LeCompte WMA.
Dunlin - 48 - Bestpitch Marsh flats, probably more than my count. Birds were constantly flying in and out of the flats.
Long-billed Dowitcher - 16 - Bestpitch Marsh flats, feeding with a large group of Dunlin.
Wilson Snipe - 6 - LeCompte WMA.
American Pipit - 4 - Indiantown Rd.
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 - West end of Kraft Neck Rd.
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 - Walnut landing Rd.
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 - Egypt Rd, immature bird.
Jim Brighton
Easton, MD
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www.marylandbiodiversity.com
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