Date:         Sun, 6 Jan 2002 11:30:47 -0500
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From:         Benjamin Poscover <bposcove@BCPL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Kent County 1/5: White-fronted Goose, Western Kingbird
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Jim:

    Where is "Duck Puddle"?

Ben Poscover
bposcove@bcpl.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Stasz" <Jlstasz@AOL.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 8:12 AM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Kent County 1/5: White-fronted Goose, Western Kingbird


> Hi Folks!
>
> I spent Saturday touring Kent County just to see what was there this
winter.
> Overall the number and variety of passiners was low.  I saw no juncoes,
> missed Golden-crowned Kinglet, and even Myrtle Warblers and White-throated
> Sparrows were in low double-digits.  There is a huge flock of Bay Ducks in
> the Chester River off of Eastern Neck NWR at Bogle's Wharf.  I estimated
> 20,000 ducks, with Greater Scaup easily the most abundant.  There were
also
> Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehad, Canvasback, Hooded Merganser,
and
> a pair of Redheads.  A single Snow Bunting was heard with Horned Larks
along
> Duck Puddle Road.  For County Listers, Duck Puddle is probably the best
place
> in Kent to look for this species.
>
> Highlights:  A Great Cormorant in the Bay off of Rock Hall was new for my
> County List.  On the lawn at the Worton Elementary School was a flock of
2000
> Canada Geese with a single adult "Greenland" Greater White-fronted Goose.
> Although not really close, I took a few minutes of video of this new bird
for
> my County List.  I have looked for GWFG for years among the Canada flocks
in
> Kent without success and finally have it out of the way.  The goose
numbers
> look better than last year so it is is more of a haystack.   A pair of
Barred
> Owls were calling along Walnut Tree Road in Millington WMA at dawn.
Barred
> Owls are thinner in Kent than most Maryland counties.  White-breasted
> Nuthatch makes my "highlight" list for the second time.  This is a very
> scarce breeder in Kent County, not rare like in Dorchester.  Finally, and
> part of the whole reason for the trip, was the Western Kingbird.  As I was
> scanning ducks at the north end of  Eastern Neck NWR, Kathy Lambert &
Larry
> Zoller drove past, turned around, and told me they had just seen the
> Kingbird.  I headed down to the entrance to Ingleside and waited.
Patience
> is a big part of birding and sometimes it pays off.  After about an hour
the
> Western Kingbird flew in and provided wonderful views while it hawked
insects
> from the telephone wires, tress, and even the Inglewood sign.  It stayed
for
> about 15 minutes before heading off .
>
> For sunset I watched the Grassland Plantation at Chino Farm in Queen
Anne's
> County.  Eight harriers put on quite a show, but, alas, no Short-eared
> Owls......maybe next time.
>
> The List:
>
> Red-throated Loon
> Great Cormorant
> Great Blue Heron
> Tundra Swan
> Greater White-fronted Goose
> Snow Goose
> Canada Goose
> American Black Duck
> Mallard
> Northern Pintail
> Canvasback
> Redhead
> Greater Scaup
> Lesser Scaup
> Oldsquaw
> Common Goldeneye
> Bufflehead
> Hooded Merganser
> Common Merganser
> Red-breasted Merganser
> Ruddy Duck
> Black Vulture
> Turkey Vulture
> Bald Eagle
> Northern Harrier
> Sharp-shinned Hawk
> Cooper's Hawk
> Red-tailed Hawk
> American Kestrel
> Killdeer
> Common Snipe
> Ring-billed Gull
> Herring Gull
> Great Black-backed Gull
> Rock Dove
> Mourning Dove
> Eastern Screech-Owl
> Great Horned Owl
> Barred Owl
> Belted Kingfisher
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
> Downy Woodpecker
> Yellow-shafted Flicker
> WESTERN KINGBIRD
> Horned Lark
> Blue Jay
> American Crow
> Carolina Chickadee
> Tufted Titmouse
> Red-breasted Nuthatch
> White-breasted Nuthatch
> Carolina Wren
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet
> Eastern Bluebird
> Hermit Thrush
> American Robin
> Northern Mockingbird
> Brown Thrasher
> European Starling
> Myrtle Warbler
> Northern Cardinal
> Eastern Towhee
> Savannah Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> White-throated Sparrow
> White-crowned Sparrow
> Snow Bunting
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Eastern Meadowlark
> Common Grackle
> Brown-headed Cowbird
> House Finch
> American Goldfinch
> House Sparrow
>
> Butterflies: Orange Sulphur
>
> Good Birding!
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Stasz
> North Beach MD
> jlstasz@aol.com
>
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