Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:20:50 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: David Powell Subject: Re: SeaWatch at Ocean City Inlet, 3/27/04 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kevin, Nice find on the gulls and Phalarope. Do you have any additional details on the phalarope and how you ruled out the other phalaropes in identification? Dave Powell dave036@earthlink.net Germantown, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Graff To: Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 6:40 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] SeaWatch at Ocean City Inlet, 3/27/04 > 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. 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