Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:32:05 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Charlie Subject: Re: delmarva - back for a weekend Comments: cc: dtrently@utk.edu In-Reply-To: <0d8301c155ce$e77ae760$ccdfd03f@oliver> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Stan! Hey, thanks a lot for the help. can't wait to be in my old stomping grounds again. We're gonna start at Bombay Hook and work our way to CBBT - all in 2.5 days! Wish us luck... I won't be able to make it this time, but anything juicy at Jug Bay or Sandy Point? You heard anything about Shrimpy? charlie --- Stan Arnold wrote: > Hi Charlie, > > And welcome back for the weekend. I wasn't going to report on the > weekend > at Assateague, because nothing of note was found, but since you > asked about > the (West) Ocean City Pond, thought I would give you a rundown. > Joan > DeCarli and I found seven species of waders there on Sat., 13 Oct: > GREAT > BLUE HERON, GREAT EGRET, SNOWY EGRET, LITTLE BLUE HERON, TRICOLORED > HERON, > CATTLE EGRET, & BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON; and eight species of > duck: WOOD > DUCK, GADWALL, AM. WIGEON, AM. BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, N. SHOVELER, N. > PINTAIL, > and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. The only shorebirds there were many LESSER > YELLOWLEGS, and there were a couple CASPIAN TERNs. > > We scanned the beach at Assateague for nearly four hours Sat. > afternoon, in > which time we saw an estimated 2000 SCOTERs, roughly 1600 Blacks, > and 400 > Surfs, and not a one White-winged. Also, there were an estimated > 50 N. > GANNETs, mostly first and second-year birds. The beach also had > lingering > concentrations of ROYAL & CASPIAN TERNs, while OC Inlet had the > only > remaining FORSTER'S for the day. The beach also hosted plenty of > the four > common gulls, as well as two adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLs. > > The shorebird tally, in addition to the yellowlegs above, was: > BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER--about 30 in the ORV zone at Fox Hills Level > (crossover > 10) (Jim Stasz reported an Am. Golden Plover there also, which we > didn't > see) > AM. OYSTERCATCHER--1 on beach; 12 at OC inlet; 5 on Skimmer Is. > LESSER YELLOWLEGS--2 at Vaughan North > RUDDY TURNSTONE--4 at OC inlet > SANDERLING--hundreds on beach > LEAST SANDPIPER--5 at Bayside; 3 more at Vaughan North > WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER--1 at Fox Hills Level (Jim reported two > total) > PECTORAL SANDPIPER--2 at Vaughan North > > Good luck with your birding. Hope this helps. > > Stan Arnold > Glen Burnie > blackrail@earthlink.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Date: Monday, October 15, 2001 3:43 PM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] delmarva - back for a weekend > > > >Hi Folks, > > > >Well I'm temporarily back on MdOsprey! I'll be leading a trip to > >various and sundry places in De, MD and VA this coming weekend - a > >commando style trip designed to do more species-tallying, than > good > >quality bird watching. Since I just signed back on today, I'm > hoping > >that some folks can give me a bit of help with any rarities that > have > >been seen lately, and a general idea of how far progressed > migration > >is. > > > >Some examples: are there any waterfowl at the OC pond yet? > >Have peregrines been seen at OC water tower? > >And good sparrows at the wal-mart field? > >Any owls or rough-legged hawks at Deale? > >Is Shrimpy still around? > > > >I know a lot of these things are expected later in the year, but > this > >is the time we have available. > > > >also, I seem to have lost the URL for the archives - could some > kind > >soul please remind me? > > > >For those of you who remember me, I've been pretty active this > year, > >with trips to Michigan (Kirtland's Warbler and trip to Whitefish > >Point), Idaho (a week helping with Burrowing Owl research), and > >Oregon (no serious birding, but still 6 lifers. > > > >Tennessee is great for warblers, but poor for waterfowl and > >shorebirds, at least here in the Smokies! Of course having 6 > species > >of warbler breed in my backyard does help make up for lack of > >ducks... > > > >Good day! > > > >And if any of you are ever down my way... > > > >Charlie > > > >===== > >************************************************** > >Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist > >Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont > >Townsend, TN lat 35 deg, 38'23" long 83 deg, 41'22" > > > >"Do something. If it works, do it again. If it does not work, do > something > else. But above all else: Do Something." (Franklin Delano > Roosevelt) > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Make a great connection at Yahoo! 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