This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------46A47C8EC575E8EFACBBCABA Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitYesterday afternoon (6/25) I had to drive my son to Ocean City MD, so I squeezed in some quick birding at the 4th St. mudflats, Old Bridge Rd, and then my first ever visit to Deal Island WMA. I was hoping for Black-necked Stilts at Deal, but no luck. Has anyone seen them there (or elsewhere in MD) this year? Also, what's the scoop on Sandwich Terns at Ocean City? The Yellow Book lists them as regular breeders in Worcester County and Claudia Wilds' book mentions them at 4th St., but I have never seen them there.
Here's what I did see/hear (To the record-keeping types: Sorry,
I didn't take the time to count birds)
At the 4th St. mudflats/Old Bridge Rd.:
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Glossy Ibis
Brant (2 birds, late lingers at 4th St.)
Mallard
TV
BV
Osprey
American Oystercatcher
Willet
Yellowlegs sp. (too far to identify to species)
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Barn Swallow
Fish Crow
Marsh Wren
House Wren
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
House Finch
House Sparrow
At Deal Island WMA:
Pie-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Tricolored Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Canada Goose
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
TV
BV
Osprey
Northern Bobwhite
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Willet
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird
Barn Swallow
Fish Crow
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
House Finch
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre
Cecil County
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