Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:46:15 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Ocean City and rest of Eastern Shore, 2/21/04 In-Reply-To: <005301c3f98d$6daa7b20$8816af80@oet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, 7am-720am - nonstop roadside birding Rt 50/301 E side of Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Rt 50/301 split, Queen Anne's Co., MD Weather: PC, 41 to 42 degree, NNW 5 mph, some haze 1 Common Loon 5 Turkey Vulture 6 Canada Goose 6 Mute Swan 8 American Black Duck 10 Mallard 27 Green-winged Teal - single flock N over Narrows 13 Lesser Scaup 5 Bufflehead 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Common Mergnaser - drake, off Hemmingway's ? 8 Ruddy Duck 28 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 9 Great Black-backed Gull 15 Rock Dove 6 Mourning Dove 31 European Starling 1 Northern Cardinal 9 Red-winged Blackbird 7 Common Grackle 1 American Goldfinch 9 House Sparrow 213 23 species 730am-750am another nonstop roadside birding Rt 50 (Ocean Gateway), Talbot Co., MD Weather: PC, 43 degree, NW 3 mph, some haze 1 Black Vulture 12 Turkey Vulture 2507 Canada Goose - several flocks headed N 90 Tundra Swan - flocks of 32, 30, 11, 19 N 5 Mallard - headed N 5 Northern Pintail - headed N 1 American Kestrel 167 Ring-billed Gull - headed N 4 Herring Gull - headed N 7 Great Black-backed Gull - Choptank R. bridge 1 Rock Pigeon 2 Mourning Dove 1 Northern Flicker 3 American Crow 7 Horned Lark 1 Eastern Bluebird 7 American Robin 91 European Starling 1 Song Sparrow 17 Common Grackle 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 2937 23 species 855am-1055am & 125pm-425pm Inlet Park, S. Second St., Ocean City Inlet am - Observers: Sean McCandless, Parke John, Kevin Graff, Donald & Carol Broderick, Leo Weigant, Petty Olexo pm - Observers: Zach Baer, Kevin Graff, Norm & Fran Saunders, Ellen Lawler, Dave Weesner & 7 others Weather: am - PC, later Sunny, 56 to 58 degree, WSW 13 mph-NW 15 mph pm - PC, 57 to 53 degree, NW 12 mph-WNW 13 mph 17 Red-throated Loon 18 Common Loon 2 Horned Grebe 2 Red-necked Grebe 16 Northern Gannet 9 Double-crested Cormorant 4 Great Cormorant 1 Turkey Vulture - harbor 87 Atlantic Brant - some at inlet, rest headed N 1 American Black Duck - N of south jetty 1 King Eider 3 Common Eider - might be more?? 2197 Surf Scoter 7 White-winged Scoter 1021 Black Scoter 124 unidentified scoter sp. - in distance over haze 1 Long-tailed Duck 1 Bufflehead - hen south jetty and over ocean 4 Red-breasted Merganser 35 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Purple Sandpiper 16 Sanderling 26 Bonaparte's Gull - mid morning 352 Ring-billed Gull 110 Herring Gull 71 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - ad over ocean N 3 Razorbill 1 Dovekie 1 Black Guillemot* see notes on next email 1 Thick-billed Murre??? very brief looks *notes* 78 Rock Pigeon 1 Mourning Dove - flew over ocean 60 European Starling 1 Red-winged Blackbird - flew over ocean from SE 3 House Sparrow 4278 35 species Marine Mammals: 1 Harbor Seal - near green buoy 1105am-1235pm Eagle's Landing Golf Course/Eagle's Nest Campground at bayside, Eagle's Nest Rd. Observers: Kevin Graff, Sean McCandless, Parke John Weather: PS, 56 to 57 degree, NW 14 mph-NW 16 mph, 2 Common Loon 4 Horned Grebe 1 Black Vulture 11 Turkey Vulture 28 Canada Goose 31 Atlantic Brant 4 Gadwall - golf course pond 1 Eurasian Wigeon 118 American Wigeon - 116 at pond, 2 flyby headed N 6 American Black Duck 12 Northern Shoveler - pond 125 Northern Pintail - flocks of 61, 6, 58 headed N 103 Surf Scoter - headed N over ocean 18 Bufflehead 18 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Bald Eagle - 1 Northern Harrier - took dive and lost it 88 Black-bellied Plover 1 Piping Plover 6 American Oystercatcher 17 Ruddy Turnstone 40 Sanderling 68 Dunlin 1? Wilson's Snipe 247 Ring-biled Gull 93 Herring Gull 88 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow - Rt 113 4 Brown-headed Nuthatch - heard calling 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Swamp Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 3 American Goldfinch 1157 35 species Mammals: 6 Wild Ponies 1245pm-115pm Berlin Sewage Ponds, Rt 113 (Worcester Hwy) Observer: Kevin Graff Weather: PS, 58 degree, NW 16 mph 2 Turkey Vulture 163 Canada Goose 6 American Black Duck 33 Mallard 9 Northern Shoveler 8 Green-winged Teal 67 Ring-necked Duck 1 Bufflehead 6 Ruddy Duck 8 American Coot 9 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Mourning Dove 2 European Starling 1 Song Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 8 American Goldfinch 328 18 species Return to O.C. Inlet after Berlin Sewage Ponds 430pm-445pm Hooper's Crab House/Skimmer Is. Observers: Zach Baer, Kevin Graff Weather: PC/MC, 53 degree, WNW 13 mph 1 Red-throated Loon 3 Common Loon 1 Horned Grebe 2 Double-crested Cormorant 2185 Snow Goose "mostly Greater" headed W from ocean 29 Atlantic Brant 8 American Black Duck 11 Red-breasted Merganser 24 Black-bellied Plover 23 Ruddy Turnstone 8 Sanderling 98 Ring-billed Gull 201 Herring Gull 51 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Razorbill 8 Rock Pigeon 7 European Starling 2661 17 species All description will come up later on next email. I have to help out prepare for my grandmother 80th birthday with about 15 or so guests coming around 330pm today. Kevin Graff Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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