Hi all,
Sorry for along delay. I was working on dragonflies
id's. I came nothing on three new species which not
giving me a chance to review its entire body when
moving around a lot.
655am-715am
Non-stop birding along Rt 50 from east end of Bay
Bridge to Rt 50/301 split in Queen Anne's Co., Along
Rt 50, Chester, Queen Anne's Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy, 68 degree, SSE 8 mph
9 Double-crested Cormorant - headed N
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Glossy Ibis
1 Black Vulture
4 Turkey Vulture
4 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
3 Mallard
1 Red-tailed Hawk
4 Laughing Gull
11 Ring-billed Gull
18 Herring Gull
7 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Forster's Tern
1 Least Tern
8 Rock Pigeon
3 Mourning Dove
2 American Crow
1 Northern Mockingbird
21 European Starling
26 Red-winged Blackbird
36 Common Grackle
11 House Sparrow
178 23 species
8am-2pm, drove through refuge three times
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (area covered: the
main refuge, Key Wallace Dr., Egypt Rd, Maple Dam Rd
south to Shorters Wharf, Golden Hill Rd., & Gum Swamp)
Seward, Dorchester Co., MD
Weather: haze, PC, light rain 830am-9am, 64-79 degree,
variable 5 mph- SW 17 mph
2 Double-crested Cormorant - off Marsh Edge Trail
1 American Bittern
27 Great Blue Heron
23 Great Egret
3 Green Heron
1 Black-crowned Night Heron
1 Glossy Ibis
56 Canada Goose
3 Wood Duck
13 Mallard
1 Black Vulture
17 Turkey Vulture
19 Osprey - many nests all over places
12 Bald Eagle - three pairs at nests
3 Northern Harrier
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 MISSISSIPPI KITE - near new impoundment
2 American Kestrel
1 Common Moorhen
13 Semipalmated Plover - marshes at old ob. tower
3 Killdeer
2 Black-necked Stilt - new impoundment
20 Greater Yellowleg
41 Lesser Yellowleg
1 Solitary Sandpiper - flyby at Marsh Edge Trail
1 Willet
11 Least Sandpiper
1 Pectoral Sandpiper - new impoundment
65 Dunlin
1 Common Snipe - flushed at new impoundment trail
1 American Woodcock - flushed by a car ahead of
me near entrance to new
impoundment
18 Laughing Gull
11 Ring-billed Gull
36 Herring Gull
2 Caspian Tern
1 Common Tern
9 Forster's Tern
1 Least Tern - Golden Hill Rd bridge
5 Rock Pigeon - flyby over Egypt Rd.
15 Mourning Dove
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
3 Eastern Phoebe
3 Eastern Kingbird
6 American Crow
14 Fish Crow
167 Tree Swallow
75 Barn Swallow
3 Brown-headed Nuthatch
3 Carolina Wren - Woods Trail, one on Egypt Rd
2 Marsh Wren
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8 Eastern Bluebird
28 American Robin
5 Northern Mockingbird
178 European Starling
25 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
2 Prairie Warbler
1 Worm-eating Warbler - Woods Trail
9 Common Yellowthroat
2 Summer Tanager
1 Scarlet Tanager - Woods Trail
10 Northern Cardinal
11 Chipping Sparrow
2 Savannah Sparrow - along Egypt Rd.
3 Grasshopper Sparrow
2 Seaside Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
5 Swamp Sparrow
2 Blue Grosbeak - along Wildlife Drive
1 Indigo Bunting - S of wooded swamp, Egypt Rd
1 Bobolink - Maple Dam Rd.
563 Red-winged Blackbird
9 Eastern Meadowlark - scatter across Wildlife Dr
648 Common Grackle
14 Brown-headed Cowbird
9 House Finch
31 American Goldfinch
10 House Sparrow
2309 80 species
Mammals
1 Delmarva Fox Squirrel
1 Woodchunk
3 White-tailed Deer - near Shorter's Wharf
Reptiles
1 Black Rat Snake
15 Red-eared Turtle
22 Spotted Turtle
18 Eastern Painted Turtle
1 Eastern Mud Turtle - in middle of Maple Dam Rd
Amphibians
1 New Jersey Chorus Frog - along ditches
1 Bullfrog
1 Green Frog - wooded swamp (Egypt Rd)
29 Southern Leopard Frog - many along ditches
1 American Toad - Woods Trail path
5 Fowler's Toad - Woods Trail path
1 Five-lined Skink - boardwalk at Marsh Edge Trail
has beautiful bright blue tail
Butterflies
5 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
1 Monarch - river on L, near Pool #1
2 Cabbage White
1 Orange Sulfer
2 Henry's Elfin
Dragonflies
2 Twelve-spotted Skimmer
1 Four-spotted Pennant
4 Arrowhead Spiketail
Marine creatures
18 Carp - feeding frenzy, near Pool #1
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville & Ocean City, MD
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