Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 15:40:44 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: SeaWatch at Ocean City Inlet, 3/27/04 In-Reply-To: <20040328010244.92101.qmail@web20802.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii HI all, This had to be a long tired day with no relief from others. Most unusual day with 9 gulls species at different times. A lot of gannets moving through, most prefer strong winds in afternoon where the numbers going up by the hour. But a good day with many species headed N. 7am-430pm Full day seawatch at Inlet Park, South 2nd St., Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD Counter: Kevin Graff with brief visit from Don Borderick? and his friend; Norm Saunders with Bob Ringler came by for few minutes folowing by Zach Baer and his group from Centreville MS Weather:7am-8am: PC, 55-61 degree, WSW 7 mph-W 9 mph 8am-9am: PS/PC, 61-64, W 9 mph- W 7 mph 9am-10am: PS, 64-69 degree, W 7 mph- NNW 6 mph 10am-11am: PC, 69-70 degree, NNW 6 mph- N 8 mph 11am-12pm: PC, 70 degree, N 8 mph- WNW 12 mph 12pm-1pm: MC, 70-67, WNW 12 mph- WNW 9 mph 1pm-2pm: MC, 67 degree, WNW 9 mph- W 9 mph 2pm-3pm: PC/MC, 67-66, W 9 mph- NW 13 mph 3pm-4pm: MC, 67-63 degree, NW 13 mph- W 9 mph 4pm-430pm: MC, 63-64 degree, W 9 mph- W 10 mph Felt hot between 9am-10am, gust up to 22 mph between 12pm-1pm and continue until increasing to 31 mph after 3pm, drizzle on and off between 12pm-1pm. 36 Red-throated Loon - 7 headed N 21 Common Loon - 8 headed N 2042 Northern Gannet - most headed N 1 Brown Pelican - over Assateague Is. 65 Double-crested Cormorant - 16 headed N 4 Great Cormorant - 2 headed N 1 Great Blue Heron - over W. Ocean City 1 Great Egret - S. jetty, then flew toward W 6 Turkey Vulture - West Ocean City area 28 Atlantic Brant - 24 headed N 27 American Black Duck - inside south jetty, 6 N 22 Common Eider - behind south jetty 181 Surf Scoter - 166 headed N 7 White-winged Scoter - all headed N 31 Black Scoter - all headed N 15 Long-tailed Duck - 3 headed N 1 Bufflehead - inside bay off Assateague, near harbor 5 Red-breasted Merganser - 3 headed N 1 Osprey 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - over W. Ocean City 15 American Oystercatcher - 9 headed N 3 Willet - 1 over Assateague Is., 2 headed N 5 Ruddy Turnstone 12 Sanderling 1 RED PHALAROPE - headed N or wander offshore 9 Laughing Gull - 7 headed N 1 Little Gull - 1st W w/ Bonies 277 Bonaparte's Gull - 253 headed N 1 Black-headed Gull - 1st W w/ Bonies 684 Ring-billed Gull - 384 headed N 1824 Herring Gull - 1469 headed N 1 Glaucous Gull - adult headed N 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1st W at south jetty 266 Great Black-backed Gull - 85 headed N 5 Forster's Tern - 3 headed N 54 Rock Pigeon 2 American Crow 11 European Starling 2 House Finch 5 House Sparrow 5669 40 species Mammals 1 Wild Pony Marine creatures 1 Sea Trout - caught and release by fisherman Gannets by hours 7am -8am: 4 8am -9am: 61 9am-10am: 205 10am-11am: 109 11am-12pm: 52 12pm -1pm: 227 1pm -2pm: 291 2pm -3pm: 499 3pm -4pm: 551 4pm-430pm: 43 Other birds headed N by hours 7am -8am: 7 Herring Gull 4 Great Black-backed Gull 8am -9am: 3 Red-throated Loon 3 Double-crested Cormorant 6 Atlantic Brant 55 Surf Scoter 31 Black Scoter 9 American Oystercatcher 7 Laughing Gull 46 Ring-billed Gull 56 Herring Gull 12 Great Black-backed Gull 9am-10am: 3 Red-throated Loon 6 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Cormorant 33 Surf Scoter 93 Ring-billed Gull 107 Herring Gull 10am-11am: 70 Surf Scoter 18 Atlantic Brant 3 Long-tailed Duck 39 Ring-billed Gull 38 Herring Gull 11am-12pm: 6 Am. Black Duck over ocean, strange 253 Bonies w/ Little and Black-headed 32 Herring Gull 5 Great Black-backed Gull 12pm -1pm: 5 Common Loon 7 Double-crested Cormorant 7 White-winged Scoter 3 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Willet 78 Ring-billed Gull 212 Herring gull 9 Great Black-backed Gull 1pm -2pm: 1 Red-throated Loon 3 Common Loon 8 Surf Scoter 166 Herring Gull 39 Great Black-backed Gull 2pm -3pm: 105 Ring-billed Gull 304 Herring Gull 3 Forster's Tern 3pm -4pm: 23 Ring-billed Gull 488 Herring Gull 1 Glaucous Gull - ad over beach N 16 Great Black-backed Gull 4pm-430pm: 1 RED PHALAROPE 59 Herring Gull Kevin Graff Jarrettsville & Ocean City, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================