I've been remiss about posting the more common sightings but Gail
reminds me that it is for the greater good. So...here are some
sightings from Worcester & Dorchester Counties over the past few
weeks:
Ocean City Jetty & Inlet, 16 Oct 04
Brown Pelican 6
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Red Knot 1 (feeding on jetty rocks)
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Laughing Gull 35
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 10
From our yard and environs in Bay Vista, 15,16,17 Oct 04
Great Blue Heron 1
Cattle Egret 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Canada Goose 20
Mallard 6
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 12
Mourning Dove 8
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 3
Fish Crow 6
Tree Swallow 20
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 3
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25 (first big invasion of the winter)
Palm Warbler 1 (yellow Eastern)
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1 (first of the winter season)
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
House Finch 12
American Goldfinch 3
From our yard and environs in Bay Vista, 22,23,24 Oct 04
Common Loon 5 (first good numbers of fly-overs)
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 2
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 6
Canada Goose 185 (lots of southbound skeins)
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 8
Merlin 1
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Forster's Tern 1
Mourning Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 7
Tree Swallow 15
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Eastern Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 3
Ocean City Jetty & Inlet, 23 Oct 04, very high water levels
(Strong northeast winds, extraordinarily rough seas--not good for
viewing)
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Laughing Gull 35
Ring-billed Gull 20
Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Forster's Tern 2
House Sparrow 8
Skimmer Island, 23 Oct 04, almost fully covered with water
Brown Pelican 22
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Sanderling 15
lots of unidentified peeps
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 15
Rock Pigeon 30
Berlin Sewage Ponds, 23 Oct 04
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 12
Snowy Egret 3
Cattle Egret 2
Canada Goose 60
Gadwall 6
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 12
Northern Shoveler 3
Northern Pintail 8
Ruddy Duck 12
Ring-billed Gull 15
Herring Gull 10
Forster's Tern 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Fish Crow 12
Tree Swallow 10
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Truitt's Landing Road 23 Oct 04 (very high water here as well,
last third of road underwater--we had to back out to the
overcut on the north side of the road to turn around)
Turkey Vulture 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 6
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 1
White-throated Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 20 (our first juncos of this season)
Northern Cardinal 3
Public Landing 23 Oct 04 -- also very high water, up into the
parking area. I've never seen a nor'easter have such a widespread
impact on waterlevels (both along the coast and in the Chesapeake),
as this one has had.
Common Loon 1
Brown Pelican 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
American Kestrel 1
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 12
Mourning Dove 6
Rt. 113 just south of Berlin, 23 Oct 04
Cattle Egret 2
Deep Harbour on Cambridge Creek, Dorchester County
(This is the beginnings of our third Maryland yard list--
stay tuned.)
Canada Goose 25
Mallard 8
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 20
Herring Gull 5
Rock Pigeon 25
Belted Kingfisher 1
Blue Jay 3
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 75
Best to all and thanks to Gail for jogging all of us to do a beter
job of reporting.
Norm
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Norm Saunders
Colesville & West Ocean City, MD
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