Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 20:57:23 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Mark Hoffman Subject: OC CBC Results - Part 1 of 2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FYI, from Jay Sheppard. I didn't see or hear any redpolls, but my personnal= =20 highlight was a Lincoln's Sparrow (4th time in my sector around Newark), 10=20 (!!) House Wrens and the count's only Wild Turkeys. Mark Hoffman Mhoff36100@aol.com 2003 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND, CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT Fifty-sixth consecutive Christmas Bird Count including Ocean City Inlet,= =20 the north end of Assateague Island, Berlin, Ocean Pines, and several miles o= f=20 the Pocomoke River and intervening lands and waters. Ocean City, MD. A 15-mile diameter circle centered 0.8 mi ESE center of=20 Berlin, 38=BA 19'N, 75=BA 13'W. Dec. 28, 2003; 5:20 AM to 6:00 PM; temp. 2= 8-52=20 F. =20 Wind E 0-4 mph. Freshwater ponds, salt marshes and small coves mostly=20 without=20 ice; large bays, ocean and running water open; no snow on ground; low areas=20 fully saturated and with much standing water; cone, berry and seed crop=20 appeared fair to poor, particularly the poor bay berry crop. AM mostly=20 clear, PM=20 mostly clear; no precipitation. Daytime tides @Inlet: HIGH 11:19 AM. =20 Observers: 38 in field in 20 parties. Total party-hours (non-owling) 241.75= ;=20 party-miles (non-owling) 638; 123.75 hours and 83 miles on foot, 59 hours an= d=20 550=20 miles by car, 7 hours and 3 miles by canoe, and 2 hours and 2 miles by boat;= =20 9=20 hours and 59 miles owling. Red-throated Loon (reported on 56 of 56 counts and reported on 25 of the= =20 last 25 counts) 73, Common Loon (55, 24) 107, loon sp. (5, 3) 1, Pied-billed= =20 Grebe (55, 25) 13, Horned Grebe (56, 25) 51, Northern Gannet (40, 21) 5,=20 American White Pelican (1, 1) 12 (seen by both Jenkins Pond party and South=20 Point=20 boat party; present since early November back in marshes of Trappe Creek;=20 maybe=20 first winter record for State), Double-cr. Cormorant (49, 23) 30, Great=20 Cormorant (25, 20) 7, American Bittern (42, 19) 2, Great Blue Heron (56, 25)= =20 112, Great Egret (22, 11) 2, Snowy Egret (11, 6) 3, Little Blue Heron (10, 5= )=20 6, Tricolored Heron (22, 13) 10, Black-crowned Night-Heron (47, 22) 31, Blac= k=20 Vulture (52, 25) 106, Turkey Vulture (56, 25) 629, Snow Goose-white phase=20 (52, 25)=20 30900, Snow Goose-Blue phase (38, 25) 66, Ross' Goose (4, 4) 1 (South=20 Pocomoke=20 party, B. Ringler, B. Ellis), Canada Goose (56, 25) 8425, Richardson's Canad= a=20 Goose (3, 3) 1 (South party), Brant (56, 25) 2300, Mute Swan (8, 5) 2, Tundr= a=20 Swan (41, 25) 294, Wood Duck (43, 19) 10, Gadwall (41, 22) 113, Eurasian=20 Wigeon (9, 9) 1, American Wigeon (55, 25) 183, Am. Black Duck (56, 25) 1255,= =20 Am.=20 Black Duck X Mallard hybrid (3, 3) 10, Mallard (56, 25) 2179, Blue-winged=20 Teal 13, 6) 4, Northern Shoveler (46, 23) 138, Northern Pintail (51, 21) 42,= =20 Green-winged Teal (56, 25) 202, Canvasback (56, 25) 654, Redhead (33, 14) 92= ,=20 Ring-necked Duck (51, 25) 296, Greater Scaup (39, 19) 4, Lesser Scaup (38,=20 25)=20 227, King Eider (27, 17) 2, Common Eider (28, 18) 3, Surf Scoter (56, 25)=20 1600,=20 White-winged Scoter (56, 25) 70, Black Scoter (55, 24) 200, dark scoter sp.=20 (12, 11) 332, Long-tailed Duck (56, 25) 36, Bufflehead (56, 25) 7100, Common= =20 Goldeneye (55, 24) 4, Hooded Merganser (45, 22) 303, Common Merganser (27,=20 12) 14, Red-breasted Merganser (56, 25) 216, Ruddy Duck (54, 24) 18, Bald Ea= gle=20 (51,=20 24) 44, Northern Harrier (56, 25) 23, Sharp-shinned Hawk (55, 25) 13,=20 Cooper's=20 Hawk (48, 23) 6, Red-shouldered Hawk (55, 24) 7, Red-tailed Hawk (56, 25) 41= ,=20 American Kestrel (56, 25) 16, Merlin (33, 15) 2, Peregrine Falcon (32, 20) 1= ,=20 Wild Turkey (7, 7) 4, Northern Bobwhite (56, 25) 8, Clapper Rail (48, 23) CW= ,=20 large rail sp. (4, 4) 1, Virginia Rail (35, 20) 11, American Coot (54, 25)=20 135, Black-bellied Plover (56, 25) 169, Killdeer (56, 25) 147, American=20 Oystercatcher (26, 25) 49, Greater Yellowlegs (45, 22) 56, Lesser Yellowlegs= =20 (17, 6)=20 CW, Willet (12, 6) 1, Marbled Godwit (7, 3) 1 (O.C. party, many observers,=20 present for several weeks), Ruddy Turnstone (46, 25) 26, Sanderling (56, 25)= =20 107,=20 Western Sandpiper (38, 21) 21, Least Sandpiper (31, 10) CW, Purple Sandpiper= =20 (55, 25) 75, Dunlin (56, 25) 1465, dowitcher sp. (9, 6) 5, Wilson's Snipe=20 (53,=20 25) 10, American Woodcock (53, 25) 7, phalarope sp. (1, 1) 3 (O.C. Party @=20 Hoopers Crab House at dusk; M. Carpenter, K. Anderson), Bonaparte's Gull (56= ,=20 25)=20 68, Ring-billed Gull (56, 25) 6105, Herring Gull (56, 25) 3716, Lesser=20 Black-backed Gull (16, 14) 6, Great Black-backed Gull (56, 25) 302,=20 Black-legged=20 Kittiwake (9, 4) 1 (Inlet, J. Jehl), Forster's Tern (46, 24) 52, Rock Pigeon= =20 (30=20 [not counted until 1974], 25) 335, Mourning Dove (56, 25) 1253, Eastern=20 Screech-Owl (54, 25) 35, Great Horned Owl (56, 25) 51, Barred Owl (37, 11) 1= ,=20 Short-eared Owl (32, 16) 4, Belted Kingfisher (56, 25) 34, Red-bellied=20 Woodpecker=20 (56, 25) 66, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (55, 25) 7, Downy Woodpecker (56, 25)=20 72,=20 Hairy Woodpecker (56, 25) 24, Northern Flicker (56, 25) 100, Pileated=20 Woodpecker (56, 25) 21,=20 Eastern Phoebe (49, 24) 16, Blue Jay (55, 25) 143, American Crow (56, 25)=20 249, Fish Crow (38, 19) 39, crow sp. (6, 6) 10, Horned Lark (56, 25) 77,=20 Carolina=20 Chickadee (56, 25) 207, Tufted Titmouse (56, 25) 122, Red-breasted Nuthatch=20 (41, 20) 17, White-breasted Nuthatch (55, 24) 5, Brown-headed Nuthatch (52,=20 24) 46, Brown Creeper (56, 25) 11, Carolina Wren (56, 25) 350, House Wren=20 (51,=20 24) 24, Winter Wren (56, 25) 62, Sedge Wren (42, 18) 3, Marsh Wren (47, 23)=20 7,=20 Golden-crown Kinglet (56, 25) 55, Ruby-crowned Kinglet (55, 24) 33, Eastern=20 Bluebird (56, 25) 167, Hermit Thrush (56, 25) 62, American Robin (56, 25)=20 10,000, Gray Catbird (56, 25) 21, Northern Mockingbird (56, 25) 135, Brown=20 Thrasher=20 (55, 25) 20, European Starling (56, 25) 4125, American Pipit (49, 23) 39,=20 Cedar Waxwing (54, 25) 134, Orange-crowned Warbler (28, 14) 1, Yel.-rumped=20 (Myrtle) Warbler (56, 25) 1350, Pine Warbler (48, 25) 3, Western Palm Warble= r=20 (43,=20 24) 7, Yellow Palm Warbler (28, 13) 4, Com. Yellowthroat (46, 24) 15,=20 Yellow-breasted Chat (11, 2) 1, Eastern Towhee (56, 25) 35, American Tree=20 Sparrow (43, 13) 2, Chipping Sparrow (48, 21) 99, Field Sparrow (56, 25) 95,= =20 Savannah Sparrow (56, 25) 168, Ipswich Savannah Sparrow (51, 24) 35, Nelson'= s=20 Sharp-tailed=20 Sparrow (3, 3) 1, Saltmarsh Sharp-tail Sparrow (7, 7) 5, Seaside Sparrow (21= ,=20 11)=20 2, Fox Sparrow (55, 24) 61, Song Sparrow (56, 25) 858, Lincoln's Sparrow (14= ,=20 7) 3, Swamp Sparrow (56, 25) 552, White-throated Sparrow (56, 25) 1512,=20 White-crowned Sparrow (40, 21) 20, Dark-eyed Junco (56, 25) 683, Lapland=20 Longspur (18, 9) 1, Snow Bunting (38, 18) 66, Northern Cardinal (56, 25) 321= ,=20 Red-winged Blackbird (56, 25) 10,600, Eastern Meadowlark (56, 25) 222, Rusty= =20 Blackbird=20 (51, 22) 17, Common Grackle (56, 25) 10,150, Boat-tailed Grackle (50, 25) 0,= =20 Brown-headed Cowbird (56, 25) 220, Baltimore Oriole (5, 2) 1 (Assateague=20 party,=20 H. Wierenga, etc.), Purple Finch (45, 18) 6, House Finch (39, 25) 171, Commo= n=20 Redpoll (6, 3) 186 (seen by almost half the observers on this count, most=20 along the beach on Assateague), Hoary Redpoll (1, 1) 2 (Assateague party, J.= =20 Stasz, Z. Baer), American Goldfinch (56, 25) 255, and House Sparrow (56, 25)= =20 490. TOTALS: 162 species (2nd highest all time count; 16 of 56 counts [=3D28.6%]= =20 have had 150 or more species; 9 of last 11 have had 150 or more; average for= =20 past 30 counts is 146.3 species), 4 forms; 1 hybrid; 3 additional species=20 seen=20 during count week (noted as "CW" above); total 117,603 individuals. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================