Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 20:12:59 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: BBC trip: Horsehead and Terrapin In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010301201157.00a98e20@pop3.norton.antivirus> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, Baltimore Bird Club had a birdwalk this morning led by Pete Webb and myself and two other observers. First stop was at Wildfowl Trust of North America at Horsehead Wetlands Center in Grasonville at 8:30am and second stop sometimes after noon was at Terrapin Beach Park (also called Terrapin Nature Area), right next to Chesapeake Bay Business Park. Birds seen or heard at Horsehead 5 Horned Grebe 3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 222 Tundra Swan 8 Mute Swan 956 Canada Goose (29 flocks of 900 headed N in am) 38 Mallard 8 American Black Duck 10 Green-winged teal 1 Northern Pintail 6,622 Ruddy Duck 3 Wood Duck 890 Canvasback 1 Redhead 373 Greater Scaup 79 Lesser Scaup 20 unid. scaup sp. 23 Oldsquaw 12 Common Goldeneye 259 Bufflehead 15 Ring-billed Gull (80 headed N) 1 Herring Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull 8 Turkey Vulture 1 Black Vulture 4 Bald Eagle (2 ad., am; 2 2nd year, pm) 1 Northern Harrier (pm) 1 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Rock Dove 4 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe (pm) 7 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 Fish Crow 19 Carolina Chickadee 1 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 20 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 2 Northern Mockingbird 80 European Starling 52 Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 Northern Cardinal 8 Song Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow? flushed at meadow 26 "Slate-colored" Junco 7 White-throated Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 105 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Brown-headed Cowbird 125 Common Grackle 6 American Goldfinch 13 House Finch 10,159 56 species Terrapin Beach Park 1 Double-crested Cormorant 4 Mute Swan 61 Canada Goose (headed N) 16 Mallard 2 American Black Duck 7 Gadwall 2 Green-winged Teal 14 American Wigeon 8 White-winged Scoter?? south of Bay Bridge 312 Common Goldeneye 111 Bufflehead 4 Red-breasted Merganser - possible more 2 American Coot 33 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 4 Great black-backed Gull 5 Turkey Vulture 1 Black Vulture 1 Mourning Dove 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Tree Swallow - headed N 2 American Crow 4 Northern Mockingbird 8 Starling 10 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Eastern Towhee 6 Song Sparrow 6 "Slate-colored" Junco 1 White-throated Sparrow 9 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 2 House Sparrow - several more at fast food rest. 651 33 species Rt 18 earlier Cox Creek - am 2 Mute Swan 51 Lesser Scaup (later 50 in pm) 4 Canvasback (later n/a in pm) 3 Bufflehead (later n/a in pm) Macum Creek after break at fast food rest. 30? Mute Swan 4 Tundra Swan Matapeake State Park pier 2 Common Goldeneye 1 White-winged Scoter 8 Herring Gull 1 Great black-backed Gull After crossing old Kent Narrows drawbridge eastbound, 3 ponds on left on Rt 18 #1: 6 Mallard, 2 Red-winged Blackbird #2: 6 Mallard #3: 2 Mallard, 1 Red-winged Blackbird Total for BBC trip Horsehead and Terrapin only: 10,810 in 61 species Total waterfowl, all location: 226 Tundra Swan 44 Mute Swan 1,017 Canada Goose 68 Mallard 10 American Black Duck 12 Green-winged teal 7 Gadwall 14 American Wigeon 1 Northern Pintail 6,622 Ruddy Duck 3 Wood Duck 894 Canvasback 1 Redhead 373 Greater Scaup 130 Lesser Scaup 20 unid scaup sp. 23 Oldsquaw 9 White-winged Scoter 326 Common Goldeneye 373 Bufflehead 4 Red-breasted Merganser 10,177 20 species At Horsehead, possible Am Pipit heard, not seen Along Rt 97 south early am, more than 1,000 Canada Geese headed N or NE. Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================