Hi all,

Sorry for the delay. Had to run on Cardiac Arrest call
last night. Victim is ok afterward and took her to
hospital on our new ambulance. 

Baltimore Bird Club trip, 11/20/04

8am-915am (Egypt Rd), 930am-1pm (refuge), 130pm-330pm
(Shorter's Wharf) 
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (area covered: the
refuge, Key Wallace Dr., Egypt Rd., Rt 335, Robbins
Rd/Maple Dam Rd.) Seward, Dorchester Co., MD

Leaders: Taylor McLean Sr.(left early), Kevin Graff
Observers: 3 (McLean, Paul Noell and myself)

Weather: Cloudy, light drizzle late, 54-56 degree,
         variable 3 mph- SSE 5 mph


    6  Double-crested Cormorant
   10  Great Blue Heron
   12  Turkey Vulture
   36  Snow Goose - worst, usually see 2500 every year
 3861  Canada Goose - low count, avg 5300 every year
    7  Mute Swan
    6  Wood Duck
   54  American Black Duck
  287  Mallard
   73  Northern Shoveler
  581  Northern Pintail
  182  Green-winged Teal
    1  Ring-necked Duck
   38  Ruddy Duck
   18  Bald Eagle - most are adult, not a single imm. 
    8  Northern Harrier
    1  Red-tailed Hawk
    2  American Kestrel
    2  American Coot
   49  Killdeer - 48 at puddle near Visitor Center
    2  Greater Yellowleg
    5  Lesser Yellowleg
    5  Pectoral Sandpiper - puddle near Visitor Center
  132  Dunlin
    1  Laughing Gull   
   22  Ring-billed Gull
    5  Herring Gull
   11  Forster's Tern
   17  Rock Pigeon
    4  Mourning Dove
    1  Short-eared Owl (brief flight before dive 322pm
    2  Belted Kingfisher
    9  Red-bellied Woodpecker
    1  Downy Woodpecker
   15  Northern Flikcer
    3  Blue Jay
    2  American Crow
    6  Fish Crow
   10  Carolina Chickadee
    3  Tufted Titmouse
    1  Red-breasted Nuthatch
   11  Brown-headed Nuthatch
    2  Brown Creeper
    2  Carolina Wren
    1  Winter Wren
    4  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   10  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
   20  Eastern Bluebird
    1  Veery - pass toll entrance before Pool 1
    1  Hermit Thrush - parking lot at Marsh Edge Trail
   58  American Robin
    4  Northern Mockingbird
  204  European Starling
   13  American Pipit - Egypt Rd., no Horned Lark???
   17  Cedar Waxwing
   18  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   12  Pine Warbler
    2  Palm Warbler - along Rt 335, S of Wildlife Dr
   43  Savannah Sparrow - many along Egypt Rd
   26  Song Sparrow
    9  Swamp Sparrow
    1  Seaside Sparrow - Shorter's Wharf
   18  White-throated Sparrow
    2  White-crowned Sparrow
   18  "Slate-colored" Junco
    7  Northern Cardinal
    1  BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - still reviewing
 1222  Red-winged Blackbird
   15  Eastern Meadowlark
    2  Rusty Blackbird
  671  Common Grackle
   94  Brown-headed Cowbird
    4  House Finch 
   33  American Goldfinch
 8037  74 species (88 species same time last year)    
 

Mammals
   1  Delmarva Fox Squirrel


       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
       





		
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