Re: [MDOsprey] John Brown Road visit of Sep 6th
Coskren (coskren@erols.com)
Mon, 06 Sep 1999 19:42:10 -0400
Jane and Dennis Coskren had the Golden Plovers and the Buff-breasted Sandpiper a
little earlier this morning, and we also stopped on our return from the Delaware
coast at around 6 PM. They were still there (except we got a count of 13). A Merlin
flew over during our late visit, and during both visits we also had a flock of Horned
Larks, and Semipalmated and Pectoral Sandpipers. For those who don't know: John
Brown Road is in Queen Anne's County, off US 301 three or four miles NE of the US 50
split. Turn right on John Brown Road. The sod fields are within 1/2 mile, on both
sides of the road.
Delaware provided White-rumps at Bombay Hook; Blue-winged Teal, Pintail, Gadwall,
Shoveler, and a pair of Snow Geese at Taylor's Gut (Woodland Beach WMA); and lots of
Sanderling and Turnstones and a couple of Red Knots at Port Mahon. Little Creek was
flooded and birdless.
Leslie Roslund wrote:
> Hurricane Dennis did not blow away the Golden Plovers at the sod farm. A
> visit there at 9:30 this morning revealed twelve of them, along with one
> Buff-breasted Sandpiper and several Pectorals. A quite large female
> Sharp-shinned Hawk flushed the group on one occasion, making it easy to get
> the count of 12 - for the Goldens took evasive action in a compact group
> flying off together. "Off" was merely to another of the sod farm fields.
>
> Separate Subject - at 7:00 a.m. today a very large flock of Canada Geese
> were heard as they flew upstream above the Miles River near us. The
> intense continuous chatter and gabble sure led us to believe that these
> were migrants, even though this seems pretty early. Sounded to me like a
> flock of 300 or more. Confirmation from others regarding the arrival of
> Canada Geese in this area would be most welcome.
>
> Les Roslund
> Lroslund@bluecrab.org
> Easton, MD