Date: 4/14/13 6:22 pm
From: Kevin Graff <keyweststyle2001...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Smith Island, 04/13/13
04/13/13 � 840am-935am
Point Lookout State Park�Lake Conoy, St. Mary�s CO., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 54-55 degrees, variable 4 mph- variable 3 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

Bufflehead � 5
Common Loon � 2
Horned Grebe � 1
Double-crested Cormorant � 16
Great Blue Heron � 4
Turkey Vulture � 1 (return trip)
Osprey � 5
Bald Eagle � 1
Laughing Gull � 1
Royal Tern � 1
Northern Flicker � 1
Fish Crow � 2
Barn Swallow � 2
American Robin � 1
Northern Mockingbird � 1
European Starling � 1
Northern Cardinal � 2
Red-winged Blackbird � 1
Common Grackle � 1
SPECIES: 19
INDIVIDUALS: 49

04/13/13 � 935am-940am
Smith Island cruise--Cornfield Harbor, St. Mary�s Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 55 degrees, variable 3 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

Bufflehead � 5
Common Loon � 3
Horned Grebe � 1
Northern Gannet � 1
Double-crested Cormorant � 16
Osprey � 2
Bonaparte�s Gull � 1
Laughing Gull � 1
Ring-billed Gull � 2
Herring Gull � 31
Great Black-backed Gull � 18
Royal Tern � 2
Caspian Tern � 1
Barn Swallow � 1
Red-winged Blackbird � 1
SPECIES: 15
INDIVIDUALS: 86

04/13/13 � 940am-1015am
Smith Island cruise�Chesapeake Bay (St. Mary�s, MD)

WEATHER: Sunny, 55-56 degrees, variable 3 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

Long-tailed Duck � 1
Common Loon � 2
Horned Grebe � 1
Northern Gannet � 45
Double-crested Cormorant � 3
Brown Pelican � 1
white egret sp � 3 (Snowy or Cattle Egrets. Bad angle and too far to
ID) flew N
Osprey � 1
Bonaparte�s Gull � 19
Laughing Gull � 2
Ring-billed Gull � 1
Herring Gull � 4
Great Black-backed Gull � 2
Barn Swallow � 2
SPECIES:
INDIVIDUALS: 87

04/13/13 � 1015am-11am
Smith Island cruise--Chesapeake Bay (Somerset, MD)

WEATHER: Sunny, 56-57 degrees, variable 3 mph- S 4 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

Surf Scoter � 7
White-winged Scoter � 1
Long-tailed Duck � 1
Common Loon � 2
Northern Gannet � 21
Double-crested Cormorant � 1
Bonaparte�s Gull � 2
Laughing Gull � 2
Herring Gull � 2
Great Black-backed Gull � 1
Forster�s Tern � 1
Tree Swallow � 1
Barn Swallow � 1
SPECIES: 13
INDIVIDUALS: 43

04/13/13 � 11am-1105am
Martin Nat�l Wildlife Refuge, Somerset Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 57 degrees, S 4 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

American Black Duck � 11
Bufflehead � 8
Double-crested Cormorant � 4
Great Blue Heron � 1
Great Egret � 1
Little Blue Heron � 2
Osprey � 4
American Oystercatcher � 9
Purple Sandpiper � 2
Laughing Gull � 2
Ring-billed Gull � 2
Herring Gull � 61
Great Black-backed Gull � 45
Royal Tern � 2
Fish Crow � 3
Red-winged Blackbird � 3
Boat-tailed Grackle � 4
SPECIES: 17
INDIVIDUALS: 164

04/13/13 � 1105am-205pm
Smith Island, Somerset Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 57-62 degrees, S 4 mph- SSW 4 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

Gadwall � 4
American Black Duck � 15
Mallard � 1 (drake)
Green-winged Teal � 20
Bufflehead � 10
Hooded Merganser � 1 (hen)
Red-breasted Merganser � 1
Common Loon � 1
Double-crested Cormorant � 1
Great Blue Heron � 7
Great Egret � 6
Snowy Egret � 2
Little Blue Heron � 5
Tricolored Heron � 4
Black-crowned Night Heron � 8
Yellow-crowned Night Heron � 1
Glossy Ibis � 38
Turkey Vulture � 1
Osprey � 7
Northern Harrier � 2
Clapper Rail � 3
Willet � 6
Wilson�s Snipe � 3
Laughing Gull � 2
Ring-billed Gull � 2
Herring Gull � 75
Great Black-backed Gull � 15
Royal Tern � 1
Forster�s Tern � 6
Rock Pigeon � 1
Chimney Swift � 1
Belted Kingfisher � 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker � 1
Northern Flicker � 2
Fish Crow � 35
N. Rough-winged Swallow � 1
Purple Martin � 4
Tree Swallow � 8
Barn Swallow � 8
Carolina Wren � 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher � 3
Northern Mockingbird � 2
European Starling � 12
Common Yellowthroat � 1
Palm Warbler � 1 (yellow)
Yellow-rumped Warbler � 6
Savannah Sparrow � 5
Seaside Sparrow � 2 (I had one)
Song Sparrow � 1
Swamp Sparrow � 1
Northern Cardinal � 1
Red-winged Blackbird � 12
Boat-tailed Grackle � 3
Brown-headed Cowbird � 4
House Finch � 2
House Sparrow � 8
SPECIES: 56
INDIVIDUALS: 375

04/13/13 � 205pm-210pm
Martin Nat�l Wildlife Refuge, Somerset Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 62 degrees, SSW 4 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

American Black Duck � 10
Bufflehead � 12
Brown Pelican � 5
Double-crested Cormorant � 3
Great Blue Heron � 1
Great Egret � 4
Little Blue Heron � 2
Black-crowned Night Heron � 1
Osprey � 4
American Oystercatcher � 8
Sanderling � 2
Purple Sandpiper � 1 (smaller than Dunlin and very dark, on the rock jetty)
Dunlin � 16
Laughing Gull � 1
Ring-billed Gull � 1
Herring Gull � 26
Great Black-backed Gull � 21
Fish Crow � 2
Red-winged Blackbird � 4
Boat-tailed Grackle � 4
SPECIES: 20
INDIVIDUALS: 128

04/13/13 � 210pm-250pm
Smith Island cruise�Chesapeake Bay, Somserset Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 62 degrees, SSW 4 mph- SSE 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

Surf Scoter � 5
Common Loon � 1
Northern Gannet � 10
Double-crested Cormorant � 1
Brown Pelican � 1
Bonaparte�s Gull � 5
Laughing Gull � 1
Herring Gull � 4
Great Black-backed Gull � 3
Forster�s Tern � 1
SPECIES: 10
INDIVIDUALS: 32

04/13/13 � 250pm-330pm
Smith Island cruise�Chesapeake Bay, St. Mary's Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 62 degrees, SSE 6 mph- SSE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

Surf Scoter � 2
Common Loon � 1
Horned Grebe � 1
Northern Gannet � 9
Double-crested Cormorant � 3
Osprey � 1
Bonaparte�s Gull � 5
Laughing Gull � 1
Ring-billed Gull � 1
Herring Gull � 6
Great Black-backed Gull � 2
Barn Swallow � 1
SPECIES: 12
INDIVIDUALS: 33

04/13/13 � 330pm-335pm
Smith Island cruise--Cornfield Harbor, St. Mary�s Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 62 degrees, SSE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 36

Bufflehead � 6
Common Loon � 1
Horned Grebe � 7
Double-crested Cormorant � 4
Osprey � 2
Bonaparte�s Gull � 2
Ring-billed Gull � 1
Herring Gull � 4
Great Black-backed Gull � 2
N. Rough-winged Swallow � 1
Barn Swallow � 1
SPECIES: 11
INDIVIDUALS: 31



Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
<KeyWeststyle2001...>

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