More on Pax River CBC
KurtCapt87@aol.com
Sun, 3 Jan 1999 23:02:43 EST
Folks,
The informal total for the count is in the vicinity of 100 species. The
previously mentioned Rough-legged Hawk was the top species for the count.
Most of the birders did not join the field until after 0900 due to the heavy
rains that fell early that morning. Todd Day and I birded St Mary's River
State Park and St Mary's Lake area: boundaries were Md 5, Md 4 and Md 237.
Highlights of the sector were Phoebe, Am. Pipits on the big field in the
middle portion of Indian Bridge Rd (Md 471), and good sparrow representation
with 8 species (incl good numbers of Savannahs and 8 Fox Sparrow incl one
flock of 7 individuals). The following 55 species were recorded:
Pied-billed Grebe - 1, Great Blue Heron - 1, Canada Goose - 640, Mallard - 49,
Ring-necked Duck - 15, Ruddy Duck - 5, Black Vulture - 2, Turkey Vulture - 6,
Cooper's Hawk - 1, Red-shouldered Hawk - 4, Red-tailed Hawk - 1, Killdeer - 5,
Ring-billed Gull - 289, Herring Gull - 533, Great Black-backed Gull - 20, Rock
Dove - 3, Mourning Dove - 44, Belted Kingfisher - 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker -
11, Downy Woodpecker - 10, Hairy Woodpecker - 2, No. Flicker - 16, Pileated
Woodpecker - 2, Eastern Phoebe - 1, Blue Jay - 38, Am Crow - 48, Carolina
Chickadee - 35, Tufted Titmouse - 25, Carolina Wren - 15, Golden-crowned
Kinglet - 8, Eastern Bluebird - 59, Hermit Thrush - 1, Am. Robin - 5, No.
Mockingbird - 14, Brown Thrasher - 1, Am. Pipit - 43, Cedar Waxwing - 81,
European Starling - 2140, Yellow-rumped Warbler - 52, No. Cardinal - 30,
Eastern Towhee - 10, Field Sparrow - 24, Savannah Sparrow - 31, Fox Sparrow -
8, Song Sparrow - 21, Swamp Sparrow - 6, White-throated Sparrow - 44, Dark-
eyed Junco - 111, Red-winged Blackbird - 71, Eastern Meadowlark - 13, Common
Grackle - 1012, Brown-headed Cowbird - 1, House Finch - 8, Am. Goldfinch - 15,
and House Sparrow - 15.
Kurt Gaskill, kurtcapt87@aol.com