Hi all,
Yesterday, I assisted Walter Ellison and his gang
by doing the Kent Co Bird Club's Winter Bird Count at
Eastern Neck, along Rt 298, Rt 455 and Rt 213. On way
home, just north of cecilton, about 120 robins packed
the field near plant nurseries.
740am-8am: Along Rt 298 (Lambs Meadow Rd/Fairlee Rd),
between Rt 213 & Rt 20, Communties of Still Pond,
Lynch & Worton, Kent Co., MD
Weather: Sunny, 28 degree, WSW 5 mph
3 Turkey Vulture
127 Canada Goose
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
8 Mourning Dove
1 Northern Flicker
1 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
1 Horned Lark
2 Eastern Bluebird
1 American Robin
2 Northern Mockingbird
11 European Starling
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
2 "Slate-colored" Junco
7 Red-winged Blackbird
22 Common Grackle
2 House Sparrow
196 19 species
815am-130pm
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Eastern Neck
Rd, Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD
Weather: Sunny-MC, 29-47 degree, WNW 5 mph- NW 9 mph
3 Horned Grebe
2 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
3 Black Vulture
10 Turkey Vulture
2267 Canada Goose
8 Mute Swan
358 Tundra Swan
3 American Wigeon
213 American Black Duck
356 Mallard
78 Northern Pintail
30 Canvasback
3392 Greater Scaup
111 Lesser Scaup
300 scaup sp.
334 Bufflehead
554 Common Goldeneye
14 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Ruddy Duck
7 Bald Eagle - 6 adults and 1 2nd year
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Red-tailed hawk
21 Ring-billed Gull
20 Herring Gull
16 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
4 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
4 Blue Jay
3 Amerrican Crow
6 Carolina Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Carolina Wren
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
56 Eastern Bluebird - w/ blackbirds flock
2 Northern Mockingbird
117 European Starling - w/ blackbirds flock
2 Cedar Waxwing
27 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Savannah Sparrow
9 Song Sparrow
6 Swamp Sparrow
41 White-throated Sparrow
43 "Slate-colored" Junco
3 Northern Cardinal
355 Red-winged Blackbird -353 at Wickliffe Historic
1 Eastern Meadowlark - same as above
3 Rusty Blackbird - same as above
3988 Common Grackle - same as above
19 Brown-headed Cowbird - same as above
3 American Goldfinch - flyby
12809 54 species
130pm-145pm
Along Rt 455 from N end of Eastern Neck Narrows to S
of Rock Hall, Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD
Weather: MC, 48 degree, NNW 5 mph
12 Turkey Vulture
1337 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
7 Ring-billed Gull
2 Rock Pigeon
2 Mourning Dove
1 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
3 American Robin
2 Northern Mockingbird
52 European Starling
5 Song Sparrow
9 White-throated Sparrow
17 "Slate-colored" Junco
4 Northern Cardinal
2 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Common Grackle
3 House Sparrow
1463 18 species
2pm-220pm
Along Rt 213 from Chestertown to Galena, Kent Co., MD
-quick stop to count geese in Kennedyville
Weather: MC, 48 degree, NNW 5 mph
1 Black Vulture
18 Turkey Vulture
3334 Snow Goose - SW corner of Kennedyville
342 Canada Goose
5 Mallard - nearby pond
1 Northern Harrier - gray ghost,S of Kennedyville
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
16 Ring-billed Gull - nearby pond
3 Rock Pigeon
4 Mourning Dove
1 Northern Flicker
1 Blue Jay - Kennedyville
2 American Crow
1 Eastern Bluebird
2 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
31 European Starling
2 Song Sparrow
1 "Slate-colored" Junco
1 Red-winged Blackbird - nearby pond
3 House Sparrow - Kennedyville
3772 21 species
Overall: 18,240 in 62 species
14 waterfowl sp. - 13,167
3pm-330pm
North East Community Park (aka NE Town Park), end of
Walnut Rd, North East, Cecil Co., MD
Weather: Fair-PC, 43 degree, NE 5 mph- calm; ice
covers almost all the way down, some open farther down
toward bay
1 Great Blue Heron
9 Canada Goose
22 Mallard
2 Lesser Scaup - in open water farther down
2 Ruddy Duck - same as above
503 Ring-billed Gull
101 Herring Gull
1 ICELAND GULL - 1st winter
2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL -both ad, no imm around
52 Great Black-backed Gull
8 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
5 American Crow
4 Fish Crow
1 Tufted Titmouse - nearby woods across creek
2 Northern Mockingbird
33 European Starling
1 Song Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal w/ titmouse
1 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Brown-headed Cowbird - w/ starlings
8 House Sparrow
764 23 species
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
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