Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:07:45 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Matt Hafner Subject: August Big Day Part 2 - the List (long) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit August Big Day Stasz, Boyd, Baer, Hafner 31 Aug 2002 THE LIST Code 5=100% birds; should never be missed Code 4=80-90% birds; missable, but should be gotten most times Code 3=25-60% birds; unpredictable and likely to be missed most times Code 2=10-25% birds; long shots that are possible Code 1=<10% birds; extremely unlikely Brown Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Green Heron Glossy Ibis Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Snow Goose Canada Goose Wood Duck American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal (4) - 4 at Eagle's Landing GC, several at Deal Northern Shoveler (4) - 5 at Hurlock Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier (4) - several at Deal COOPER'S HAWK (3) - 1 at Hurlock RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (3) - Somerset Pocomoke 1 adult Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon (4) - 1 at Deal Wild Turkey (4) [JLS, EB, ZB only] - Nassawango, crossing road Northern Bobwhite (4) - Assateague/Bayside 1 calling Clapper Rail [JLS only] SORA (3) [JLS, MH only] - one pre-dawn railing Common Moorhen (4) - one at Elliott Black-bellied Plover AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (3) - one in field south of Hurlock Semipalmated Plover PIPING PLOVER (3) - 6 on Eagle's Nest CG flats Killdeer American Oystercatcher BLACK-NECKED STILT (1) - pair at Deal, should be gone by now Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Willet Spotted Sandpiper UPLAND SANDPIPER (3) - 2 at Salisbury Airport WHIMBREL (3) - 1 flyover at Bayside, 1 heard Shell Rd/Assateague Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper (4) - 4 at Eagle's Landing GC pond, 2 at Indiantown Rd pig farm Least Sandpiper BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (3) - calling flyby at Bayside, 1 juv. at Indiantown Rd pig farm Pectoral Sandpiper DUNLIN (2) - 1 on Eagle's Nest CG flats BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (3) - 2 at Hurlock, 1 in field south of Hurlock Short-billed Dowitcher LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (1) - 1 juv. at Deal Laughing Gull BONAPARTE'S GULL (1) - 1 juv. at Hurlock Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull (4) - 1 4th summer/adult at Central Landfill Great Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern (4) - atleast 4 on Eagle's Nest CG flats Common Tern Forster's Tern Black Skimmer Rock Dove Mourning Dove Barn Owl (4) [MH, ZB only] - 1 at Elliott Eastern Screech-Owl (4) - 1 at Colbourne Mill Great Horned Owl (4) - 1 at Elliot Barred Owl (4) - 1 at Colbourne Mill Whip-poor-will (2) - 1 at Colbourne Mill Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher (4) - 2 at Bayside Red-headed Woodpecker (4) - 1 adult on Millville rd just south of Rt 12, 1 adult and 1 juv. on Millville just north of Sand Rd Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker (4) - 1 at Pusey Branch Yellow-shafted Flicker Pileated Woodpecker (4) - Colbourne Mill and Pusey Branch Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo (4) - Whiton's Crossing, singing Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Horned Lark Purple Martin Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Brown-headed Nuthatch (4) - 2 at Pusey Branch Carolina Wren House Wren Marsh Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird VEERY (3) - 30-40+ in the predawn flight, probably should be a code 4 American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (3) - 1 in dawn flight at Bayside, another in the campground Norhthern Parula (4) - 1 at Pusey Branch Yellow Warbler MAGNOLIA WARBLER (3) - 1 in dawn flight BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (3) - several in dawn flight BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (3) - 1 at Bayside Campground BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (3) [MH only] - 1 at Bayside Campground Yellow-throated Warbler (4) - 2 in dawn flight, multiples in the Pocomoke Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler (4) - 2 in dawn flight Palm Warbler "yellow" race (1) - 1 in dawn flight Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (3) - 1 at Whiton's Crossing Worm-eating Warbler (4) - 1 at Pusey Branch Ovenbird (4) - 1 at Colbourne Mill Northern Waterthrush (4) - 1 at Life of the Woods trail MOURNING WARBLER (2) - 1 in dawn flight Common Yellowthroat HOODED WARBLER (3) - 1 in dawn flight YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (3) - 1 in Bayside Campground Summer Tanager (4) - multiples in the Pocomoke Scarlet Tanager (4) - multiples in the Pocomoke Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (3) - 1 in dawn flight Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting DICKCISSEL (2) - 1-2 in dawn flight Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Boat-tailed Grackle Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole (4) - several in dawn flight, several in Pocomoke House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Hope I didn't miss anything. Matt Hafner College Park, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================