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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