Re: Ocean CIty CBC Summary & other Eastern Shore counts
MHoff36100 (MHoff36100@aol.com)
Wed, 31 Dec 1997 20:18:18 EST
Norm,
It's a minor point, but I had the 27 Wild Turkeys on the Ocean City CBC,
Michael didn't see them at all. The territory (South) we have done together
for years. You can not assume the party leader actually observed all the
reported species at the tally.
FYI, I did the Crisfield count on Tuesday morning and had another Blue-headed
Vireo at the Hickory Point Tract, in Worcester County (part of the Crisfield
circle extends into extreme southeastern Worcester). Third year I have had
them there (3 last year). I did not attend the tally so I don't know what else
of interest was seen.
Also Micheal and I did the Chincoteague count on Sunday (12/28/97) with the
following species list (in the Maryland sector of the count circle, which is
an excellent birding area in the vicinity of Stockton and George's Island
Landing):
Common Loon - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 3
Horned Grebe - 9
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Blue Herton - 39
Black-cr. Night Heron - 1
Tundra Swan - 21
Snow Goose - 15,000
Brant - 8
Canada Goose - 247
Green-w. Teal - 100
Am. Black Duck - 371
Mallard - 156
Gadwall - 11
Am. Wigeon - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 34
Bufflehead - 340
Hooded Merganser - 43
Red-br. Merganser - 17
Black Vulture - 15
Turkey Vulture - 115
N. Harrier - 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 9
Red-tailed Hawk - 9
Bald Eagle - 4
Am. Kestrel - 3
Merlin - CW
N. Bobwhite - 21
Large rail (sp.) - 3
Virginia Rail - 1
Killdeer - 37
Greater Yellowlegs - 42
Lesser Yellowlegs - 5
Dunlin - 13
Cm. Snipe - 2
Am. Woodcock - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 40
Herring Gull - 77
G. Black-backed Gull - 9
Rock Dove - 2
Mourning Dove - 469
E. Screech-Owl - 14
Great Horned Owl - 9
Belted Kingfisher - 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 32
Downy Woodpecker - 23
Hairy Woodpecker - 16
Northern Flicker - 64
Pileated Woodpecker - 7
Eastern Phoebe - 8
Horned Lark - 8
Blue Jay - 13
Am. Crow - 211
Carolina Chickadee - 105
Tufted Titmouse - 27
Red-br. Nuthatch - 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 7
Brown Creeper - 3
Carolina Wren - 39
Winter Wren - 28
House Wren - 10
Sedge Wren - 5
Golden-cr. Kinglet - 22
Ruby-cr. Kinglet - 4
E. Bluebird - 110
Hermit Thrush - 25
Am. Robin - 740
Gray Catbird - 16
N. Mockingbird - 18
Brown Thrasher - 8
Water Pipit - 16
Cedar Waxwing - 9
E. Starling - 726
Yellow-r. Warbler - 101
Pine Warbler - 9
Cm. Yellowthroat - 6
N. Cardinal - 92
E. Towhee - 27
Field Sparrow - 63
Savannah Sparrow - 53
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 230
Swamp Sparrow - 155
White-throated Sparrow - 819
White-crowned Sparrow - 5
Dark-eyed Junco - 161
Red-winged Blackbird - 11,150
E. Meadowlark - 153
Rusty Blackbird - 51
Cm. Grackle - 70,000
Brown-h. Cowbird - 220
Purple Finch - 1
House Finch - 13
Am. Goldfinch - 49
House Sparrow - 114
95 species, nice day but no rarities. This is a great area for winter birding.
Good seeing you at OC.
Happy New Year!
Mark L. Hoffman
Sykesville, MD
Mhoff36100@aol.com