Re: Dates, Ocean City Report

Marcia Watson-Whitmyre (mww@UDel.Edu)
Fri, 01 Jan 1999 15:22:15 -0500


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Robert Ringler wrote:

> To Phil Davis,
>         Phil, your last posting was dated Thursday, Dec. 31 and reported
> a bird seen Friday, Dec. 30.  Has Y2K struck already?

I seem to be having a problem similar to Phil/Phil's computer.  On Thursday,
I headed down to Ocean City to nab Common Eider for my year list, convinced
that it was the 30th of December.  I was horrified when I arrived in Ocean
City, turned on the radio to catch the weather, and heard them announce
"Happy New Year's Eve."  My husband George and I were supposed to make an
early afternoon party in Wilmington, DE.  What to do?  Turn around and go
home, or stay and bird?  Well, the Eiders were beckoning, and there was a
nice assortment of birds around, so... no party.  George was nicely
understanding of the need to miss the party.

Here is a summary report:

Griffin Rd. ponds:  mostly iced over;  a few Canada geese, domestic geese,
mallards, coots.

Ocean Pines pond:  partly iced over;  large numbers of Canada geese,
domestic geese, one Greater White-fronted Goose; lots of Canvasback,
American Wigeon, and Ring-necked Ducks; a few Northern Shovelers and
Bufflehead; American Coots; one Double-crested Cormorant; Ring-billed, Great
Black-backed, and Herring Gulls.

Golf Course Rd. Pond:  wholly iced over;  a large conglomeration of
waterfowl sitting on the ice in a big circle, bunched so tightly they were
difficult to id:  a few Tundra Swans, but mostly Canada Geese, Mallards,
Black Ducks, and Canvasbacks.

OC Inlet:  Common Eider (3 adult males, on the rocks, beautiful viewing,
plus 1 imm. male and a female), Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, Harlequin Duck,
Oldsquaw, Black Duck, Ruddy Duck, Brant, Common Merganser, Red-breasted
Merganser, Red-throated Loon, American Oystercatchers, Purple Sandpiper,
Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone, Bonaparte's Gull, Northern Gannet (1 imm.,
almost overhead, plunged into surf).

4th St. Flats:  Ring-billed, Great Black-backed, and Herring Gulls;
Red-throated and Common Loon;  American Oystercatcher, Purple Sandpiper,
Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone.

32nd St. Extension:  Horned Grebe;  Red-throated and Common Loon;  Common
Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Bufflehead.

Indian River Inlet:  Bonaparte's, Ring-billed, Great Black-backed, and
Herring Gulls;  Oldsquaw, Red-throated and Common Loon;  Common Merganser,
Red-breasted Merganser, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck.

Very cold, but almost no wind, good viewing overall.
Happy New Year to all!
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre
Cecil County

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