Hi all,
Thank you, Bob for getting the wigeon at
Horsehead. Major scaups gathering staged at several
locations prepare to head north. Ruddy Duck numbers
seems to go down, many will be around until May. Did
not see any shrike or Golden Eagle at Pickering Creek.
I thought I had a shrike in the distance but with heat
shimmer, difficult to pick out.
Letter Code used for waterfowl location:
VC (Visitor Center Pond), WP (Woodland Pond),
LK (Lake Knapp), OT (Observation Tower),
MC (Marshy Creek Landing), PB (Prospect Bay),
CC (Cabin Creek Public Landing)
725am-755am - 3/5/05
Behind Jetty Restaurant & Bar, at end of Wells Cove Rd
Chester, Queen Anne's Co., MD
Weather:
2 Horned Grebe
1 Turkey Vulture
16 Canada Goose
2 Mute Swan
4 American Black Duck
14 Mallard
16 Canvasback
116 Lesser Scaup
5 Long-tailed Duck
40 Bufflehead
17 Common Goldeneye
2 Ruddy Duck
18 Ring-billed Gull
9 Herring Gull
6 Great Black-backed Gull
9 Rock Pigeon
11 European Starling
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Common Grackle - flyby
291 19 species
8am-11am - 3/5/05
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center "Horsehead
Wetlands Center" Discovery Ln, off Perrys Corner Rd,
Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy-Fair, 34-36 degree, NE 6 mph-ENE 8 mph
1 Common Loon - Prospect Bay
1 Pied-billed Grebe - Porspect Bay
26 Horned Grebe - scattered around Horsehead
3 Great Blue Heron - Lake Knapp
4 Turkey Vulture
195 Canada Goose
59 Mute Swan - 1 LK, 32 OT, 18 MC, 6 PB, 2 CC
47 Tundra Swan - 2 OT, 45 MC
10 Gadwall - 4 LK, 6 MC
78 American Wigeon - 8 LK, 70 MC
1 EURASIAN WIGEON - drake at Marshy Creek Landing
12 American Black Duck - 4 WP, 6 LK, 2 MC
101 Mallard - 6 VC, 2 WP, 83 LK, 8 MC, 2 PB
4 Northern Shoveler - Lake Knapp
6 Green-winged Teal - 2 LK, 4 MC
374 Canvasback - 41 OT, 259 MC, 74 PB
1 Redhead - lone hen at observation tower
107 Greater Scaup - 6 MC, 101 PB
6290 Lesser Scaup - 8 LK, 34 OT, 3002 MC, 3061 PB, &
482 Surf Scoter - Prospect Bay 185 CC
1 White-winged Scoter - same as above
90 Black Scoter - same as above
29 Long-tailed Duck - 8 OT, 1 MC, 20 PB
268 Bufflehead - 205 OT, 4 MC, 57 PB, 2 CC
7 Common Goldeneye - 1 OT, 2 MC, 4 PB
4 Hooded Merganser - Marshy creek Landing
4 Red-breasted Merganser - same as above
3576 Ruddy Duck - 16 OT, 2804 MC, 756 PB
4 Bald Eagle - 3 ad, 1 2nd W
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 American Coot - Lake Knapp
30 Ring-billed Gull - Prospect Bay resting on is.
7 Herring Gull
8 Great Black-backed Gull
6 Mourning Dove
17 Northern Flicker
2 Blue Jay
2 American Crow - no Fish anywhere
8 Carolina Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown-headed Nuthatch - finally back after 1 yr
2 Carolina Wren
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Eastern Bluebird - Perrys'Corner Rd/Cabin Creek
2 Hermit Thrush - Cabin Creek Rd
7 American Robin
2 Northern Mockingbird
19 European Starling
1 Pine Warbler
84 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Field Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
13 White-throated Sparrow
75 "Slate-colored" Junco
9 Northern Cardinal
59 Red-winged Blackbird
62 Common Grackle
4 House Finch
12225 61 species
Mammals: 5 Gray Squirrel, 1 Eastern Cottontail
1145am-1215pm - 3/5/05
Great Marsh Park, at end of Somerset Ave., Cambridge,
Dorchester Co., MD
Weather: PC/Fair, 37 degree, ENE 8 mph
1 Turkey Vulture
51 Canada Goose
24 American Wigeon - grassy area near parking lot
1 EURASIAN WIGEON - drake in water
18 Mallard
497 Canvasback
15 Greater Scaup
604 Lesser Scaup
507 Surf Scoter - along county border
19 Black SCoter
21 Long-tailed Duck
66 Bufflehead
65 Common Goldeneye
6 Ruddy Duck
104 Ring-billed Gull
15 Herring Gull
17 Great Black-backed Gull
9 Rock Pigeon
6 American Robin
2046 19 species
1245-115pm (mostly at entrance road and nearby bldgs)
Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Audubob Dr., Off Sharp
Rd., Todds Corner, Talbot Co., MD
Weather: PC/Fair, 37-38 degree, NE 8 mph- N 13 mph
15 Turkey Vulture
401 Canada Goose
2 Cackling "Richardson's" Goose
2 Wood Duck - flyby
2 Mallard
2 Northern Pintail - flyby
2 Green-winged Teal - flyby
2 Ring-billed Gull - flyby
3 Mourning Dove
2 American Crow
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Eastern Bluebird
1 Veery
1 Hermit Thrush
3 American Robin
7 Northern Mockingbird
3 European Starling
1 Savannah Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
1 "Slate-colored" Junco
4 Northern Cardinal
5 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Eastern Meadowlark
13 Common Grackle
1 House Finch
485 27 species
15,047 (69 species total)
14,283 (25 waterfowl species)
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
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