[MDOsprey] Deleware Sunday
Elliot Kirschbaum (ekirschb@bcpl.net)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:02:32 -0400
Nancy and I went to Bombay Hook Sunday to look for the Little Egret and
White-faced Ibis. We arrived at Bombay Hook at 9:30, and immediately
found the Little Egret at the south end of Raymond Pool, and the
White-faced Ibis at the north end. The Little Egret was associating with
a Snowy Egret, sometimes acting agressively, sometimes quite friendly.
The White-faced Ibis was either alone or with a few Glossy Ibis during
the 1 1/2 hours that we were there.
Both birds were very cooperative. They were present in Raymond pool all
the time we were there, and the egret was quite close to the road.
After touring the rest of Bombay Hook, we continued on to Port Mahon
(gulls and singing Seaside Sparrows), and then on to Ted Harvey (Least
Tern and Black Skimmer).
The weather (clouds, some rain, and light breeze) made for cool, mosquito
free birding.
We saw a total of 64 species, as follows:
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Snowy Egret
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Mallard
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Clapper Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Dunlin
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
American Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Seaside Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA
mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net