Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:07:19 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Horsehead, Eastern Neck, 2 WESTERN species In-Reply-To: <200201122359.g0CNxXj10710@mail.bcpl.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, Baltimore Bird Club trip 1/12/02 Leader: Kevin Graff Co-leader: Pete Webb Observers: Paul Noell, Cathy Hoag, Steve Hoag, Kerry Stone (Montgomery MOS chapter) Cold 48 to 50 degree, windy, partly cloudy early am, sunny late am Wildfowl Trust of North America at Horsehead Wetlands Center, Grasonville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland 2 WESTERN GREBE 1 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Blue Heron 8 Tundra Swan (Prospect Bay) 35 Mute Swan 594 Canada Goose 106 Mallard 8 American Black Duck 52 Canvasback 3 Lesser Scaup 17 Oldsquaw 1 White-winged Scoter (Prospect Bay) 3 Common Goldeneye 191 Bufflehead 2 Ruddy Duck (what happened to the rafts of 2000+ of these birds we saw last fall here I was told by my boss that he saw the rafts of ruddys and other ducks on other side of Rt 50 the day before Sat) 1 Black Vulture 5 Turkey Vulture 1 Northern Harrier 1 Red-tailed Hawk 11 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 2 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Mourning Dove 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 8 American Crow 8 Carolina Chickadee 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet (near Prospect Bay area) 6 Eastern Bluebird (possible more) 8 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 7 Northern Mockingbird 50 European Starling 75 Yellow-rumped Warbler 11 Northern Cardinal 1 Field Sparrow 2 Fox Sparrow 15 Song Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 14 White-throated Sparrow 86 "Slate-colored" Junco 83 Red-winged Blackbird 12 Common Grackle 12 House Finch 15 American Goldfinch 48 species Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge and several rural roads north toward home, Kent County, Maryland Leader: Pete Webb Co-Leader: Kevin Graff 1 Common Loon (possible, in distance) 1 Great Cormorant (on channel marker near Narrows) 1 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 586 Tundra Swan 4 Mute Swan 3557 Canada Goose 48 Mallard 105 American Black Duck 2 Northern Pintail 3 Green-winged Teal 2957 Canvasback 9 Redhead 12459 Greater Scaup 5258 Lesser Scaup 3 Oldsquaw 11 Black Scoter 1 White-winged Scoter 47 Common Goldeneye 473 Bufflehead 1 Red-breasted Merganser 16 Turkey Vulture 2 Bald Eagle 1 Northern Harrier 2 American Kestrel 28 Ring-billed Gull 22 Herring Gull 9 Great Black-backed Gull 5 Rock Dove 3 Mourning Dove 2 Northern Flicker 1 WESTERN KINGBIRD 9 American Crow 6 Carolina Chickadee 1 Carolina Wren 5 Eastern Bluebird 8 American Robin 10 Northern Mockingbird 74 European Starling 16 Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 Northern Cardinal 1 Savannah Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 6 White-throated Sparrow 19 "Slate-colored" Junco 254 Red-winged Blackbird 107 Common Grackle 13 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 House Finch 11 American Goldfinch 51 species 1. near Rt. 20 & Rt. 21 - 466 Canada Goose 2. Rt. 20 between Rt. 298 & Rt. 21 - 202 Canada Goose 3. Rt. 20 near Old Fairlee Rd. - 2011 Canada Goose (3 flocks) 4. Rt. 20 & Broad Neck Rd. (Rt. 446) - 45 Canada Goose 5. Rt. 20 & Brices Mill Rd. North - 413 Canada Goose 6. Rt. 213, N of Rt. 291 - 142 Canada Goose (4 flocks) 7. E of Rt. 297 at Rt. 213 - 3064 Canada Goose (9 flocks) 8. Rt. 213 near Fair Hills Farm, S of Big Woods Rd. - 21 Canada Goose on R 9. 1 mile N of Rt. 297 on Rt. 213 - 56 Canada Goose 10. Urieville Community Lake, Rt. 213 - 53 Canada Goose, 61 Mallard, 4 Gadwall, & 1 Ring-necked Duck 11. Rt. 213 & Still Pond Rd. - 100 Canada Goose on field S of intersection & 42 Snow Goose flyby SW Total of 65 species in both places. Waterfowl Total # Horsehead: 1,020 in 12 species Eastern Neck: 25,524 in 16 species Rural roads: 6,681 in 5 species Total in all three sites: 594 Tundra Swan 39 Mute Swan 42 Snow Goose 10,724 Canada Goose 215 Mallard 113 American Black Duck 2 Northern Pintail 3 Green-winged Teal 4 Gadwall 3,009 Canvasback 9 Redhead 1 Ring-necked Duck 12,459 Greater Scaup 5,261 Lesser Scaup 20 Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw is better) 11 Black Scoter 2 White-winged Scoter 50 Common Goldeneye 664 Bufflehead 2 Ruddy Duck 1 Red-breasted Merganser 33,225 21 species __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================