Re: seeking advice re birding in calvert co., bombay hook
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre (mww@UDel.Edu)
Fri, 08 Jan 1999 10:26:54 -0500
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Robert Weiner wrote:
> anyone been to bombay hook/little creek recently, and seen anything of
> note?
> my only real wish-list species are short-eared owl and little
> gull, otherwise just variety of winter birds or anything unusual.
Here is Andy Ednie's summary of the recent Bombay Hook CBC results:
> Bombay Hook CBC Preliminary Results.
>
> I'm sorry if you get this in more then one list server. I will also send it
> to individuals on the count that aren't connected.
>
> The Bombay Hook count was held on Sunday, December 27th. This was the 59th
> consecutive count! That's an amazing record considering the amount of
> travel needed during the war years. It must have blown a few people's gas
> ration books. The weather was excellent this year, clear and cool in the
> morning, overcast with a slight wind in the evening. The big freeze that
> occurred last week froze out the impoundments, decreasing the numbers of
> birds in the area. Best yet, Dover AFB was not flying missions in the
> morning. No plane engines to drown out my tinnitis.
>
> The count currently stands at 128 species, with 3 out of 8 areas not
> reporting. Here are the highlights:
>
> Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, American Bittern (Little
> Creek), Great Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, Glossy Ibis (Port Mahon),
> Ross' Goose (behind the old HQ building at Bombay Hook), Eurasian Wigeon
> (Count Week at Little Creek), Redhead (Kitts Hummock), Oldsquaw, Surf
> Scoter, Black Vulture, Rough-legged Hawk (Bombay Hook), Black-bellied
> Plover, American Avocet (39! at Kitts Hummock), Least Sandpiper, American
> Woodcock, Long-eared Owl, Eastern Phoebe (Alle House), House Wren, Marsh
> Wren, American Pipit, 2 Orange-crowned Warbler (Little Creek and St. Jones
> Preserve), Palm Warbler, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Seaside Sparrow,
> Lapland Longspur, Rusty Blackbird, and Brewer's Blackbird.
>
> The count this year will have record numbers for American Pipit, Fox
> Sparrow (never saw so many!), and White-crowned Sparrows. Species missing
> include Wood Duck, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Bobwhite, Bonaparte's Gull,
> and Chipping Sparrow. No nuthatches of any type have been reported yet!
> Andrew P. Ednie
> ednieap@wittnet.com
> Wilmington, DE
>
A good place for Short-eared Owl is along the dike at Port Mahon Rd. I
believe that they have been reported there within the last few weeks.
Marcia Watson-Whitmyre
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