Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:11:17 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Eastern Shore Weekend, 11/15/11/16/03, Part II (Sunday only) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================