After some kind advice from Norm, Lee & I set out for Ocean City this
mornimg. We missed the LeConte's Sparrow hunt at Vaughn so we just did our
usual swing around the WOC pond, jetty, flats & Skimmer Island, and airport
and Eagle's Nest (Thanks, Norm, for tide times). Our big find for the day
was 2 TRICOLORED HERONS, sharing an islet just N. of Hoopers Restaurant
with 2 Great Blue Herons and Am. Oystercatchers.
Summary list follows:
Common Loon
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant (2, on jetty range light)
Great Blue Heron
TRICOLORED HERON (2)
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Snow Goose (blue phase, 1 on WOC Pond)
Canada Goose
Brant
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Also a very nice Northern Harrier flying over the Vienna marshes on the way
home.
Good Birding
Carol McCollough |