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Assateague Birds, Sunday morning

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Norm Saunders

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Mon, 26 Apr 2004 03:43:55 -0400

We spent a few hours Sunday morning wandering the area around The
Pines canoe-in campsite (probably about 3.5 miles or so down the ORV
zone, behind the Bullpen) where we found the following:

Great Egret     2
Canada Goose    5
Mallard 6
Bufflehead      3
Osprey  4
Northern Harrier        1
Northern Bobwhite       1
Greater Yellowlegs      1
Willet  18
* Pectoral Sandpiper    1
* Wilson's Snipe        1
Laughing Gull   3
Herring Gull    6
Mourning Dove   2
Northern Flicker        1
* Eastern Kingbird      3
Fish Crow       4
Tree Swallow    6
Barn Swallow    15
House Wren      25
American Robin  12
Gray Catbird    5
European Starling       3
Yellow-rumped Warbler   5
Pine Warbler    2
Common Yellowthroat     50
* Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Eastern Towhee  25
Field Sparrow   3
Song Sparrow    6
Red-winged Blackbird    50
Eastern Meadowlark      3
Boat-tailed Grackle     35

* new to us this year

Best,
Norm & Fran
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Norm Saunders
Colesville & West Ocean City, MD
 

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