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Kent & Cecil Counties, 2/13/05

From:

Kevin Graff

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Maryland Birds & Birding

Date:

Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:04:04 -0800

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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