Hi Folks,
The Anne Arundel Bird Club walk at Swan Creek today was virtually
migrant-less, since everything seems to have come through yesterday, but we
enjoyed two rarities among the shorebirds. A breeding-plumaged
Black-bellied Plover dropped into the north cell briefly and gave everyone
a good look before it flew off to the south. Within just a few minutes of
enjoying the plover, one of our sharp-eyed participants spotted a pair of
Black-necked Stilts standing in the south cell. Several of us got some
distant photos of those birds before they also flew off to the south,
together.
I did not report on this, but last week I did the May Count here at Swan
Creek, with the highlights being a Vesper Sparrow on the south dike of the
dredge cells, and a spontaneously calling Sora in the western wetlands.
Almost no migrant activity then as with today.
The ebird checklist for today's outing is afixed below.
Stan Arnold
Ferndale
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Swan Creek Wetland--Cox Creek DMCF, Anne Arundel, US-MD
May 18, 2013 6:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.9 mile(s)
Comments: Anne Arundel Bird Walk to Swan Creek; temp about 65, wind
from south at 10-12; overcast with good visibility, and a threat of rain
that never materialized. We traveled from the office area to the wetlands
and beach and back, then did a counter-clockwise circuit of the cells.
Participants: Gary Jones; Joe, Sally & Wren Galbraith; John and Jody
Breen; Frank Morgan; Kevin Smith; Diane Benyus; Barbara Johnson; Paul
McCauley; Robbie Sabin; Penny Zahn; Barbara Jacobi; Emily Mitchell; and
leader Stan Arnold. Highlights: Black-necked Stilt (2) and Black-bellied
Plover.
64 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 24 2 mw; 10 ww; 4 ds; 8 dn
American Black Duck 3 d s
Mallard 27 1 ww; 1 rv; 23 ds; 2 dn
Blue-winged Teal 2 ds (male and female)
Northern Shoveler 2 ds (male and female)
Lesser Scaup 1 dn
Ruddy Duck 2 dn
Double-crested Cormorant 79 1 uw; 78 rv
Great Blue Heron 7 1 uw; 1 mw; 2 ww; 1 rv; 2 rp
Great Egret 2 1 mw; 1 dn
Snowy Egret 1 mw
Little Blue Heron 3 2 mw; 1 ww
Black Vulture 4 1 rr; 3 rv
Turkey Vulture 2 1 uw; 1 rv; 2 bc
Osprey 5 2 mw; 3 rv
Bald Eagle 2 1 rr; 1 rv (both adults)
Black-bellied Plover 1 dn;***scarce for property (usually one or two
per annum); resplendent bird in breeding plumage, standing briefly in
north cell, then flying off to the south; seen by all***
Semipalmated Plover 20 5 mw; 15 ds
Killdeer 2 dn
Black-necked Stilt 2 ds; ***rare; dropped into south cell;
photographed distantly by several of us; after about five minutes they flew
off together to the south***
Spotted Sandpiper 7 3 mw; 2 rv; 1 ds; 1 dn
Greater Yellowlegs 1 ds (heard only)
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 ds
Least Sandpiper 35 10 mw; 15 ds; 10 dn
peep sp. 30 10 mw; 10 ds; 10 dn
Dunlin 2 d n
Bonaparte's Gull 1 rv (in basic plumage)
Ring-billed Gull 14 rv
Herring Gull 5 4 mw; 1 rv
Great Black-backed Gull 6 1 mw; 5 rv
Least Tern 2 mw
Rock Pigeon 1 r v
Mourning Dove 2 1 uw; 1 bc
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 uw
Chimney Swift 6 uw
Belted Kingfisher 1 mw
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 w w
Downy Woodpecker 1 mw
Northern Flicker 1 m w
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 m w
Eastern Kingbird 2 bc
Red-eyed Vireo 4 3 uw; 1 mw
American Crow 3 1 uw; 1 ww; 1 bc
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 4 uw; 2 mw
Tree Swallow 3 1 mw; 2 ww
Barn Swallow 21 3 uw; 6 ds; 8 dn; 4 bc
Carolina Chickadee 1 uw
Tufted Titmouse 2 uw
Carolina Wren 3 uw
Gray Catbird 1 rp
Northern Mockingbird 2 1 mw; 1 bc
Cedar Waxwing 5 uw
Common Yellowthroat 7 1 uw; 3 mw; 2 ww; 1 rp
Yellow Warbler 1 uw
Song Sparrow 4 2 ds; 2 dn
Scarlet Tanager 1 uw (heard by a few of us)
Northern Cardinal 6 4 uw; 2 rp
Blue Grosbeak 5 4 uw; 1 bc
Indigo Bunting 2 1 uw; 1 ww
Red-winged Blackbird 37 12 mw; 15 ww; 4 ds; 6 dn
Common Grackle 4 uw
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 ww
Orchard Oriole 5 4 mw; 1 bc
Baltimore Oriole 1 uw
American Goldfinch 3 1 mw; 2 ww
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14162297
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