Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:07:19 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Mark Hoffman Subject: Worcester Roundup Highlights-11/10/01 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Worcester devotees: It will take some time to enter all the data collected on this past Saturday's "rarity roundup" into the computer and generate exact totals for each species, but in the interim, here are the highlights from my biased perspective. Thanks to all the participants (see below), Mark Hoffman Sykesville, MD Mhoff36100@aol.com Second Annual Worcester County "Rarity Round-Up" November 10, 2001 Highlights (Species marked "new" were not seen last year) Preliminary Species total: 152 (vs. 155 last year) Horned Grebe - Assateague/Bayside (125), etc. Northern Gannet - OC/Sea watch (1,245 from 0620-0900), etc. Brown Pelican - OC/Sea watch (2), Assateague/ORV Zone (1) Great Cormorant - OC/Inlet (2), West OC (2) American Bittern - Vaughn/Central (1) (new) Snowy Egret - West OC (3) Tricolored Heron - Assateague/Bayside (1), West OC (2) Cattle Egret - AI, from S. Point (4) (new) Wood Duck - Truitt's Landing (40), etc. Blue-winged Teal - Vaughn/Central (2) (new) Greater Scaup - Assateague/South Beach (8) (new) Merlin - Mason Landing (1), Assateague/ORV Zone (3) King Rail - Truitt's (2) (new) Virginia Rail - Truitt's (2) Lesser Yellowlegs - WC Landfill (1), Isle of Wight (1) dowitcher (sp.) - Skimmer (1), Vaughn/Central (3) Lesser Black-backed Gull - Assateague/ORV Zone (1), WC Landfill (3) Royal Tern - Assateague (3), OC/Inlet (2), West OC (1), E. of 611 (35), OC/Sea watch (6) Forster's Tern - Ocean City/Sea watch (800, headed N in first 40 minutes of light), etc. SNOWY OWL - Assateague/North End (1, P. O'Brien). Seen 11/11 also. (new) Long-eared Owl - Assateague (1) (new) Northern Saw-whet Owl - Assateague (1) (new) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Assateague/State Park North (1), late migrant Eastern Phoebe - Vaughn/Central (1), Vaughn/South (2), OC/100th St. (2) BLUE-HEADED VIREO - Mason's Landing Road (1) and Vaughn/Central (1) (new) Blue Jay - Ocean City/100th St. (2), headed south, late migrants. Tree Swallow - South Point (3) Red-breasted Nuthatch- Assateague (17), West OC (1), Vaughn/South (1), OC/100th St. (3) House Wren - Vaughn/Central (1), Truitt's (1) Sedge Wren - Vaughn/Central (1), Truitt's (2), George Island Landing (2) Marsh Wren - Vaughn/Central (3), Truitt's (4) Eastern Bluebird - Assateague/Bayside (1), rare on the Island. Hermit Thrush - Vaughn/Central (30), Hickory Point (18) Orange-crowned Warbler - Hickory Point (1) Pine Warbler - Truitt's (1), N. Pocomoke Swamp (1) Palm Warbler - 6 w., 2y., 4 unk. BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER - N. Pocomoke Swamp (1) Common Yellowthroat - Vaughn/Central (1) Yellow-breasted Chat - Vaughn/South (1) (new) Four were here in early-Dec last year and one on the CBC, chat central?? Vesper Sparrow - Bayview Farm (3), Vaughn/South (2) Savannah (Ipswich) Sparrow - Assateague/North End (6) Le Conte's Sparrow - Vaughn (1) (no longer capped!) Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Vaughn/Central (2), George Isl. Landing (1), Assateague/ORV Zone (1) Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Vaughn/Central (2) (new) Seaside Sparrow - Vaughn/Central (2) (yet to be record on the Chincoteague CBC in this area!!) (new) Lincoln's Sparrow - AI Headquarters field (2), and N. Pocomoke Swamp (1) (new) Purple Finch - Assateague/South Beach (1), Mason Landing (1), Hickory Point (3) Pine Siskin - Assateague/North End (1), Bayside (2), South Beach (4) (new) Seen last year, missed this year: Little Blue Heron, Ross' Goose, King Eider, Harlequin Duck, Red-shouldered Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Wild Turkey, American Golden-Plover, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Parasitic Jaeger, Barred Owl, Short-eared Owl, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Prairie Warbler, Ovenbird, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting. Count period (all 11/11): Little Blue Heron (West OC), Mute Swan (Ayers Creek), Harlequin Duck (Inlet), Sora (Truitt's), Semipalmated Plover (Eagle's Nest), Blackpoll Warbler (Assateague), Baltimore Oriole (Vaughn/Central). Territories and Participants 1) Assateague Island/North End - Paul O'Brien 2) Assateague Island/From causeway to start of ORV zone-Hal Wierenga and Lynn Davidson 3) Assateague Island/ORV Zone - Stan Arnold and Joan DeCarli 4) South Point (inc. along Rt. 611) - Norm & Fran Saunders 5) Ocean City (south)/West OC - Patty Craig and Kevin Krough 6) Ocean City (north)/sea-watch: Mark and Amy Hoffman 7) Ironshire/Newark: Ray Kiddy and J.B. Churchill 9) E.A. Vaughn WMA (North, Central, South)/Bayview Farm/Truitt's/George Island Landing: Jim Stasz, Matt Hafner, Kevin Feshskens, Zach Baer 9) Pocomoke City area: Phil and Barbara Davis 10) Pocomoke State Forest (north): Fred and Jane Fallon 11) North Worcester County: Dave Powell ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================