Hi all,
Yesterday, Cecil Co. Bird Club led by Sean
McCandless with 2 observers went to Ocean City area
looking for anything cross into our path. 3 others
await us at WOC Pond. Total of 78 species seen.
Overall 82 species including Delaware on our way to
Ocean City.
The Razorbill was seen at the inlet by others
before our arrival and we couldn't find it.
830am-835am
Along Rt 589 & Ocean Pines South Pond, Ocean Pkwy &
Manklin Creek Rd., Ocean Pines South, Worcester Co.,
MD
Weather: Fair, 35 degree, NNE 18 mph
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Black Vulture
13 Turkey Vulture
47 Canada Goose - some flyby
8 Mallard
2 Ring-necked Duck
3 Hooded Merganser
2 Bald Eagle
11 Ring-billed Gull
1 Rock Pigeon
3 Mourning Dove
2 American Crow
1 Northern Mockingbird
18 European Starling
2 "Slate-colored" Junco
2 House Sparrow
118 16 species
845am-935am
West Ocean City Pond, Golf Course Rd., West Ocean
City, Worcester Co., MD
Weather: Fair, 35-37 degree, NNE 18 mph- NNE 16 mph
(Felt like 24-28 degree)
1 Pied-billed Grebe
13 Great Blue Heron
10 Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 ad and 9 imm.
107 Canada Goose
13 Gadwall
28 American Black Duck
100 Mallard - actual #
12 Northern Shoveler
1 Green-winged Teal
535 Canvasback
1 Redhead
2 Ring-necked Duck
25 Lesser Scaup
71 Hooded Merganser
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 American Coot
11 Ring-billed Gull - 2 flyby
3 Herring Gull
3 Rock Pigeon - flyby
9 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 House Sparrow
950 21 species
940am-10am
Hooper's Crab House Eestaurant, North Avenue Lane, off
Rt 50, West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
Weather: Fair, 37 degree, NNE 16 mph, felt like 28
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron - on island
3 Turkey Vulture
2 American Black Duck
12 Bufflehead
8 Red-breasted Merganser
22 American Oystercatcher
1 Black-bellied Plover - on island
24 Ring-billed Gull
9 Herring Gull
3 Great Black-backed gull
1 Forster's Tern
2 Rock Pigeon - nearby wire
1 European Starling
2 Savannah Sparrow
92 15 species
1005am-12pm
Ocean City Inlet "Inlet Park" S. 2nd St, Ocean City,
Worcester Co., MD
Weather: Fair, 37-36 degree, NNE 16 mph, gust up to 23
8 Red-throated Loon
7 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
2 Double-crested Cormorant
3 Great Cormorant
1 Turkey Vulture - over harbor
6 Atlantic Brant - flyby in distance
4 American Black Duck - inside south jetty
2 Mallard - harbor
1 King Eider - imm male, could not find C. Eider
305 Surf Scoter
1 White-winged Scoter
290 Black Scoter
4 Long-tailed Duck
21 Red-breasted Merganser
6 Ruddy Turnstone
1 Sanderling
8 Purple Sandpiper
7 Dunlin
31 Bonaparte's Gull
396 Ring-billed Gull
177 Herring Gull
59 Great Black-backed Gull
116 Rock Pigeon - many on roof
36 European Starling
1 House Finch - w/ House Sp under pine tree
61 House Sparrow
1555 27 species
1215pm-2pm
Assateague Island State Park (along trail north and
parking area south to toll booth), Bayberry Dr.,
Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
Weather: Fair, 36-35 dgreee, NNE 16 mph- NNE 15 mph
Felt like 25 degree
1 Red-throated Loon
7 Common Loon
13 Horned Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Northern Gannet
1 Great Blue Heron - Rt611 & 376
9 Black Vulture - 6 along Rt 611
14 Turkey Vulture - 11 along Rt 611
60 Canada Goose
5 Atlantic Brant
32 American Black Duck
2 Mallard
17 Surf Scoter
21 Bufflehead
3 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Red-tailed Hawk - along Rt 611
1 Peregrine Falcon - east side of bridge
21 Ring-billed Gull - one along Rt 611
21 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Rock Pigeon - bridge
2 Great Horned Owl
2 Northern Flicker
2 American Crow - along Rt 611
2 Carolina Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
154 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 "Slate-colored" Junco
1 Eastern Meadowlark - along Rt 611
404 32 species
Mammals
9 Sika Deer, 8 Wild Ponies, 1 Gray Squirrel
245pm-530pm
Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area "Elliott Is."
Elliott Island Rd from Vienna to Elliott Island,
Dorchester Co., MD
Weather: Fair/PC, 35-32 degree, variable 7 mph- NNE 3
mph
1 Common Loon
4 Great Blue Heron
15 Turkey Vulture
102 Canada Goose - flyby in distance
2 Mute Swan
31 American Black Duck
57 Green-winged Teal
8 Bufflehead
1 Common Goldeneye - hen
398 Ruddy Duck
5 Bald Eagle
11 Northern Harrier
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
4 Greater yellowleg
40 Dunlin
56 Ring-billed Gull - headed to roost
50 Herring Gull - headed to roost
7 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 American Crow - Vienna, not a single Fish Crow
(most abundant inElliot)
2 Carolina Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
4 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
52 European Starling
57 Yellow-rumped Warbler
16 Savannah Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow
1 "Slate-colored" Junco
4 Northern Cardinal
13 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Eastern Meadowlark
15 Boat-tailed Grackle
973 38 species
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
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