Wocester County-11/23/98
MHoff36100@aol.com
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 09:21:57 EST
This is a belated report from a day's birding in coastal Worcester County,
Maryland, on 11/23/98 (last Monday) looking (unsuccessfully) for a belated
Franklin's Gull. Species observed, however, where:
Inlet (0900-0945, 1615-1700)
Red-throated Loon - 60
Common Loon - 1
N. Gannett - 60
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-cr. Cormorant - 2
Common Eider - 1
Harlequin Duck - 9 (7 ad. m., 1 imm. m., 1 f.)
Black Scoter - 10
Surf Scoter - 50
White-w. Scoter - 2
Scoter (sp.) - 100
Ruddy Turnstone - 20
Purple Sandpiper - 20
Laughing Gull - 3
Bonaparte's Gull - 9
Ring-billed Gull - 200
Herring Gull - 80
G. Blk.-backed Gull - 100
Forster's Tern - 20
Fish Crow - 5
Skimmer Island (from OC) (0905-0915)
Double-cr. Cormorant - 15
Am. Oystercatcher - 13
Laughing Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 5
Herring Gull - 20
G. Blk.-backed Gull - 40
Various locations checking beach/ocean in OC (13 stops) (0945-1130; 1230-1500)
Red-throated Loon - 247
N. Gannett - 194
Surf Scoter - 11
Scoter (sp) - 190
Oldsquaw - 2
Sanderling - 48
Laughing Gull - 85
Ring-billed Gull - 780
Herring Gull - 180
G. Blk.-backed Gull - 52
Forster's Tern - 387
Rock Dove - 22
Fish Crow - 5
E. Starling - 2
Boat-tailed Grackle - 2
House Sparrow - 22
OC/Convention Center (1050-1105)
Common Loon - 15
Horned Grebe - 10
Double-cr. Cormorant - 1
Brant - 25
Black Scoter - 3
Oldsquaw - 50
Bufflehead - 300
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 60
Forster's Tern - 25
Ocean Pines Pond (1150-1215)
Tundra Swan - 1
Snow Goose - 1 (injured)
Canada Goose - 800
Mallard - 25
Gadwall - 40
N. Shoveler - 5
Am. Wigeon - 50
Canvasback - 30
Ring-necked Duck - 200
Lesser Scaup -1
Ruddy Duck - 5
Am. Coot - 10
Ring-billed Gull - 100
Herring Gull - 10
G. Blk.-backed Gull - 1
Montego Bay Pond (1505-1530)
Canada Goose - 80
Am. Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 120
Lesser Scaup - 28
Hooded Merganser - 3
Ruddy Duck - 140
Am. Coot - 6
Killdeer - 2
Laughing Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 90
Herring Gull - 30
G. Blk.-backed Gull - 10
Skimmer Island (from West OC) (1540-1555)
Double-cr. Cormorant - 10
Black-bellied Plover - 20
Am. Oystercatcher - 15
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Dunlin - 500
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 350
G. Blk.-backed Gull - 150
Boat-tailed Grackle - 3
West Ocean City Pond (only 15% water) (1600-1610)
Great Blue Heron - 4
Canada Goose - 2000
Green-w. Teal - 30
Am. Black Duck - 60
Mallard - 300
Gadwall - 2
Regards,
Mark Hoffman
Sykesville, MD
Mhoff36100@aol.com