Kevin
The Veery you reported for today at Pickering Creek would be about four+
weeks earlier then any every documented in the state. Please provide some
detail. Maybe this would be a reviewable bird. Phil can address that, but
the sighting is incredible. Is this a sign of global warming?
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Graff" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 3:43 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Queen Anne's, Dorchester & Talbot Counties, 3/5/05
> 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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