Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:11:17 -0800
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From: Kevin Graff <ocean_city2001@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Eastern Shore Weekend, 11/15/11/16/03, Part II (Sunday only)
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Hi all,
Second half of list. Very gloomy day with overcast
all day and light rain all afternoon.
11/16/03 - Sunday
Egypt Rd, Blackwater NWR (brief), Swan Harbor Rd.,
Bestpitch landing, Griffith Neck Rd. & Fishing Bay
Wildlife Area "Elliot Island Rd."
LEADER: Harry Armistead
OBSERVERS: Steve Sanford, Kevin Graff, Gail Frantz,
Elliot & Nancy Kirschbaum, Cathy Carroll, Paul Noell,
Debbie Terry, Terry & Roberta Ross, Denise Bayuszik,
Jeanne Bowman, Elise Kreiss, Scott Crabtree, Joel
Martin, Emy Holdridge (Howard Co. Chapter), Anthony
Spano & Ana Aosner (new birders), Tom & Carlyn Jervis
(New Mexico)
Weather: MC all day, light rain in pm, 47 to 52 degree
Egypt Rd. - 0830-0930
MC, 47 degree
2 Great Blue Heron
3 Turkey Vulture
136 Snow Goose
59 Canada Goose
1 Tundra Swan
1 Bald Eagle
3 N Harrier
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (#78)
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Am. Kestrel
3 Killdeer
9 Rock Pigeon
3 Mourning Dove
2 N. Flicker
1 Am. Crow
61 Horned Lark (#79)
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet
154 European Starling
45 Am. Pipit
2 Savannah Sparrow (#80)
3 "Slate-colored" Junco (#81)
185 Red-winged Blackbird
8 E. Meadowlark
36 Common Grackle
722 24 species
Blackwater NWR - 0935-1105
MC, 49 to 50 degree
Brief trip. Our target is Brown-headed Nuthatch for
our newcomers for their life or state bird.
4070 Canada Goose, 1550 Snow Goose
7 Wilson's Snipe #82
1 Hudsonian Godwit (old ob. tower area) #83
13 juncos, 32 Cedar Waxwing #84
9 Brown-headed Nuthatch
Roughly about 50 species and another 500 birds
Swan Harbor Rd. - 1130-1225
PC, 52 degree
1 Common Loon (#85)
8 Turkey Vulture
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Osprey (#86)
4 Virginia Rail (#87)
6 Ring-billed Gull
1 Blue Jay
4 Brown-headed Nuthatch
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
13 E. Bluebird
2 Am. Robin
9 Cedar Waxwing
16 Yellow-rumped Warbler
6 Song Sparrow
11 "Slate-colored" Junco
1 White-throated Sparrow
48 Red-winged Blackbird
15 Am. Goldfinch
151 18 species
Bestpitch landing - 1355-1425
MC, light rain, 50 degree
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Am. Black Duck
18 Mallard
1 N. Harrier
1 Osprey
4 Lesser Yellowleg
14 Dunlin
1 Song Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow
11 Red-winged Blackbird
56 10 species
Griffith Neck Rd. - 1425-1440
MC, light rain, 50 degree
4 Canada Goose
1 American Kestrel
1 Wild Turkey (#88)
2 Northern Flicker
1 American Crow
3 Eastern Bluebird
8 American Robin
820 European Starling
2700 Red-winged Blackbird
325 Common Grackle
3865 10 species
Fishing Bay WA, Elliot Is. Rd. - 1445-1700
MC, light rain, 48 degree
58 Common Loon
60 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Cormorant #89
2 Great Blue Heron
2 Great Egret
28 Canada Goose
8 Tundra Swan
1 Mute Swan #90
24 American Black Duck
23 Mallard
5 Green-winged Teal
21 Greater Scaup #91
37 scaup sp.
5 Bufflehead
33 Ruddy Duck
4 Northern Harrier
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Lesser Yellowlegs
12 Wilson's Snipe
8 Laughing Gull
17 Ring-billed Gull
15 Herring Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gull #92
6? Forster's Tern
1 Mourning Dove
1 Great Horned Owl #93
23 Fish Crow
10 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
59 European Starling
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Savannah Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
2? Swamp Sparrow
480 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Eastern Meadowlark
3 Boat-tailed Grackle #94
967 36 species
26,662 birds, 94 species on both days
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD weekday
Ocean City, MD weekend
ocean_city2001@yahoo.com
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