To avoid having Matt call me out as a lurker...
Jim Brighton and I stayed in Maryland this weekend and birded
several mid-shore counties. Highlights:
Black Walnut Point, Talbot County, 12/11
- All 3 scoters, including at least 4 White-winged
- Red-throated and Common Loons
- Many Long-tailed Ducks
Beulah Landfill, Dorchester County, 12/11
- 2 Glaucous Gulls (but no Iceland or Lesser Black-backed)
Choptank Marina, Caroline County, 12/11
- 1 Common Loon
Wicomico County, 12/12
- 1 Fox Sparrow (seen and heard singing) at Old Rt. 50 marsh
- Barren Creek Pond had a nice assortment of dabblers -- Northern
Shoveler, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Wood Duck, Black Duck,
Mallard, Canada Goose, Tundra Swan
- The scoter raft in the Nanticoke River near Nanticoke was difficult
to scan due to wind and rough water. Many Surfs, but only picked
out 1 Black and no White-winged. Also Common Goldeneye and
Red-throated Loon.
- Pied-billed Grebes -- 2 in Wicomico River at end of Clara Rd and 1
in Salisbury at the Waterfowl Museum.
John Hubbell
Washington DC |