Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 03:06:28 +0000 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Michael Burchett Subject: Lower Eastern Shore 29 February 2004 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Location: Eastern Shore (OC Inlet (OCI), Eagle Nest Campground (ENC), Assateague Causeway (AC), Salisbury Burrow Pit (SBP), Tanyard Rt 331 over Choptank (TAN), Rt 309 Ponds. Date: 28-29 February 2004 Observers: Mike Burchett (whole day), Matt Hafner (whole day), Jim Stasz (OCI, ENC, AC, SBP, TAN), Hans Holbrook (OCI, ENC, TAN), Mark Hoffman (OCI, ENC, AC), Jim Brighton (TAN), plus many other birders! Weather: Clear/Sunny Temperature: high 30s to low 60s Location: Ocean City Inlet Time: 0700-1015 --At 0830 I used Jim?s kayak to kayak from the Coast Guard station over to Assateague to get better looks at the birds. 90 Red-throated Loon 3 Common Loon 4 Horned Grebe 1 Northern Gannet 17 Atlantic Brant 3 American Black Duck 4 KING EIDER ? south of Assateague jetty, 1 sub-adult male 28 COMMON EIDER ? south of Assateague jetty, 1 adult male 95 Surf Scoter 15 Black Scoter 1 Oldsquaw 10 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Bald Eagle - immatures 1 Peregrine Falcon ? on water tower 4 Killdeer - Assateague 95 Ruddy Turnstone 10 Sanderling - Assateague 60 Purple Sandpiper 15 Bonaparte?s Gull 40 Ring-billed Gull 50 Herring Gull 4 Great Black-backed Gull 10 RAZORBILL ? 4 in ocean, 4 along jetty, 2 along Assateague shoreline 40 Rock Pigeon 3 Myrtle Warbler - Assateague 1 ISPWICH SPARROW ? on Assateague jetty 12 House Sparrow Location: Eagle Nest Campground Golf Course Pond Time: 1100-1130 3 Turkey Vulture 18 Gadwall 3 EURASIAN WIGEON ? 2 males and 1 female that we studied for a while 94 American Wigeon 7 Mallard 15 Northern Shoveler 2 Green-winged Teal 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 120 Ring-billed Gull 1 Carolina Wren Location: Eagle?s Nest Campground Dock Time: 1130-1145 1 Great Cormorant 5 Turkey Vulture 20 Canada Goose 4 Atlantic Brant 26 American Wigeon 2 Bufflehead 2 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Northern Harrier 30 Black-bellied Plover 2 American Oystercatcher Sanderling - numerous Dunlin - numerous Location: Assateague Causeway Time: 1200-1220 3 Common Loon 3 Horned Grebe 1 RED-NECKED GREBE 1 Great Cormorant 5 Black Vulture 200 Bufflehead 3 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Rock Pigeon Location: Salisbury Burrow Pit Time: 1330-1345 2 Snow Goose 58 Mallard 6 Northern Pintail 2 Green-winged Teal 70 Ring-billed Gull 120 Herring Gull 10 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Killdeer Location: Tanyard Time: 1500-1535 3 Turkey Vulture 750 Canada Goose 6 Common Merganser 1 Northern Harrier 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL - adult Ring-billed Gull - present Herring Gull - present 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - adult 10 Great Black-backed Gull 2 American Crow 25 Fish Crow 50 Red-winged Blackbird Location: Route 309 Ponds Time: 1610-1620 2500 Snow Goose 1 ROSS?S GOOSE - swimming 200 Canada Goose 2 Mallard 4 Ring-necked Duck _________________________________________________________________ Say ?good-bye? to spam, viruses and pop-ups with MSN Premium -- free trial offer! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200359ave/direct/01/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================