Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:42:10 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Queen Anne's & Caroline Counties, 2/8/04 In-Reply-To: <004201c3ef67$7cd96dc0$2f01a8c0@bcpl.net.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, Sorry for the delay, had to wait for full weather report to go with this list. At 730am, saw over 1000 grackle/blackbird flocks along Rt 301 N, between Cherry Ln and Warrington Farm Ln. NO Yellow-headed; total are 934 Common Grackle, 125 Red-winged Blackbird, 35 Brown-headed Cowbird. Over 30 observers Sunday morning searched for Bohemian Waxwing. Was seen several times in flight. Some of us including myself saw it on perch for nearly 2 minutes whic gave us excellent view especially the rufous-color on undertail coverts, white and yellow on wing bar and grayer underparts. Some birders I knew from Sunday morning with help from others: Norm & Fran Saunders, George Jett, Gwyn Brewer, Carol & Donald Broderick, Gail Mackiernan, Barry Cooper, Mary Ann Todd, Dave Czaplak, Helen Horrocks, Marcia Balestri, Paul Pisano, Rob Hilton, Peter Osenton, Kurt Schwartz, Joel Martin, Janet Shields, Jim Stasz, Mike Burchett and few others.... 8am-10am (Rt. 18) Tuckahoe Nurseries, Inc. - John Brown Rd & 4-H Park Rd Weather: MS, 27-28 degree, NW 14 mph-NNW 14 mph 5 Black Vulture 9 Turkey Vulture 5059 Canada Goose - several flocks headed N 43 Tundra Swan 2 Bald Eagle - adult & 2nd year 5 Ring-billed Gull 3 Rock Pigeon 1 Mourning Dove 1 Blue Jay 1 Eastern Bluebird 9 American Robin 2 Northern Mockingbird 68 European Starling 1 BOHEMAIN WAXWING 885 Cedar Waxwing 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 7 White-throated Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 3 Red-winged Blackbird - flyby 4 Common Grackle - flyby 1 Pine Siskin - w/ goldfinches 41 American Goldfinch 6155 24 species 1030am-12pm At corn stubble fields - Sparks Rd., Dean Rd., Mason Bridge Rd., Ridgely, Caroline County Weather: MS, 29-30 degree, NW 20 mph-NW 18 mph 6 Turkey Vulture 22,278 "Lesser" Snow Goose - 53 "Blue" form 2 Ross's Goose 44 Canada Goose 1 Atlantic Brant 5 Tundra Swan 6 Northern Pintail 2 Northern Harrier 2 Red-tailed Hawk - at nest along Mason Bridge 1 Rough-legged Hawk - Mason Bridge Rd. 1 American Kestrel 2 Ring-billed Gull 8 Rock Pigeon 6 Mourning Dove 1 Northern Flicker 4 American Crow 42 Horned Lark 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 14 European Starling 1 American Tree Sparrow 3 Field Sparrow 6 Savannah Sparrow 18 Song Sparrow 6 Eastern Meadowlark 22,466 26 species 12pm-1245pm back at John Brown Rd. Bohemian Waxwing seen briefly flying back and forth. 1pm-2pm Kent Island Yacht Club, Yacht Club Dr., Chester, Queen Anne's County Weather: MS, 34-36 degree, WNW 14 mph-W 13mph 1 Great Blue Heron 22 Canada Goose 21 Mute Swan 13 Tundra Swan 10 American Black Duck 28 Mallard 198 Canvasback 5 Redhead 134 Greater Scaup 736 Lesser Scaup 3 Long-tailed Duck 36 Bufflehead 30 Common Goldeneye 93 Ruddy Duck 9 American Coot 56 Ring-billed Gull 48 Herring Gull 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 Great Black-backed Gull 71 Rock Pigeon - 67 on ice along concrete wall 8 European Starling 1532 21 species Shortly after 2pm, I left 7-11 store headed north along Chester River Beach Rd before enter the ramp to westbound for home. I was surprised to see an adult Bald Eagle perched on a tree close to a road. Beautiful sunny day, great weather was perfect for us to be out there chasing rare birds Kevin Graff Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================