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SeaWatch at Ocean City Inlet, 3/26/05

From:

Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

Date:

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:51:12 -0800

HI all,

   Not a good day for gannets, but excellent for ducks
and loons. Mild weather, lack of winds sent most of
gannets farther out instead of close to shore. Last
year was excellent with strong winds which the gannets
prefers. But today is not that bad with 1800 birds.


7am-430pm
Full day seawatch at Inlet Park, South 2nd St., Ocean
City, Worcester Co., MD
Counter: Kevin Graff 
Observers: 6

Weather:7am-8am: MC, 40 degree, NE 6 mph
        8am-9am: MC, 43 degree, NE 6 mph
       9am-10am: Cloudy, 44 degree, NE 8 mph
      10am-11am: PC, 45 degree, ENE 8 mph
      11am-12pm: MC, 46 degree, ENE 9 mph
       12pm-1pm: Fair, 46 degree, ENE 13 mph 
        1pm-2pm: Fair, 47 degree, NE 12 mph
        2pm-3pm: Cloudy, 46 degree, ENE 9 mph
        3pm-4pm: Cloudy, 45 degree, NE 9 mph
      4pm-430pm: Cloudy, 43 degree, ENE 12 mph


  410  Red-throated Loon - 400 headed N, actual # 
   41  Common Loon - 6 headed N
 1888  Northern Gannet - most headed N
    1  Brown Pelican - ??, in distance
   11  Double-crested Cormorant - 4 headed N
    1  Great Cormorant - headed N
    1  Great Blue Heron - flyby toward Skimmer Is.
    2  Snowy Egret - flyby toward Skimmer Is.
    8  Turkey Vulture - Assateague Is.
    6  Canada Goose - 2 headed NE over ocean
   25  Atlantic Brant - 7 headed N
   19  American Black Duck - 13 headed N
    3  Mallard
    1  King Eider - behind S. jetty, high tide
   29  Common Eider - behind south jetty, early am
  879  Surf Scoter - 657 headed N
    2  White-winged Scoter - all headed N
 2350  Black Scoter - 2292 headed N
  153  scoter sp. - headed N, way out in distance  
    2  Bufflehead - near harbor
  177  Red-breasted Merganser - 160 headed N
    1  Red-tailed Hawk - near harbor
   13  American Oystercatcher - 2 headed N
    5  Willet - 1 headed N
   43  Ruddy Turnstone - 3 headed N
   46  Sanderling
    1  PHALAROPE sp. - probably Red, no March record  
                       for Red-necked at this time of 

                       year
    9  Laughing Gull - 7 headed N
   31  Bonaparte's Gull - all headed N
    1  Black-headed Gull - ad. w/ Bonies
   30  Ring-billed Gull - 19 headed N
  352  Herring Gull - 270 headed N
    1  L. Black-backed Gull - ad. follows comm. boat
  141  Great Black-backed Gull - 84 headed N
    4  Forster's Tern - all headed N
   54  Rock Pigeon
    1  Mourning Dove
    7  American Crow
   42  European Starling
    3  Common Grackle
    3  House Sparrow
 6797  40 species

Marine creatures
    1  unknown skate/ray - caught by fisherman

Gannets by hours
           2005               2004
 7am -8am:   39                  4
 8am -9am:  117                 61
 9am-10am:   92                205
10am-11am:  151                109
11am-12pm:   99                 52
12pm -1pm:  262                227
 1pm -2pm:  211                291
 2pm -3pm:  581                499
 3pm -4pm:  318                551
 4pm-430pm:  18                 43
           1888               2042 

Other birds headed N by hours 

7am -8am: 15  Red-throated Loon
           2  Double-crested Cormorant
          35  Surf Scoter
          40  Black Scoter
          13  Red-breasted Merganser
          20  Herring Gull

8am -9am: 71  Red-throated Loon
           1  Common Loon
         459  Surf Scoter
           2  White-winged Scoter  
         171  Black Scoter
           3  Ruddy Turnstone
          14  Herring Gull
          16  Great Black-backed Gull
           2  Forster's Tern   

9am-10am: 44  Red-throated Loon
           3  Common Loon
           2  Canada Goose - headed NE over ocean
         115  Surf Scoter    
         832  Black Scoter
          60  scoter sp. 
          28  Red-breasted Merganser
           1  Laughing Gull
          45  Herring Gull
         
10am-11am: 70  Red-throated Loon
            2  Common Loon
            1  Double-crested Cormorant 
            1  Great Cormorant - headed NEE
           37  Surf Scoter
          799  Black Scoter      
           27  Red-breasted Merganser
            3  Laughing Gull
           40  Herring Gull 
           12  Great Black-backed Gull 
            2  Forster's Tern
 
11am-12pm: 28  Red-throated Loon
           13  American Black Duck
           99  Black Scoter  
           26  Red-breasted Merganser
           10  Ring-billed Gull 
           51  Herring Gull
           21  Great Black-backed Gull

12pm -1pm: 36  Red-throated Loon
            1  Double-crested Cormorant
            9  Surf Scoter
          209  Black Scoter
           93  scoter sp.
            1  Willet
           29  Bonaparte's Gull - stay a short time
            1  Black-headed Gull 
           20  Herring Gull 

 1pm -2pm: 16  Red-throated Loon
            7  Atlantic Brant
            2  Surf Scoter
           79  Black Scoter
           46  Red-breasted Merganser
            2  American Oystercatcher
            9  Ring-billed Gull
           32  Herring Gull
           18  Great Black-backed Gull  

 2pm -3pm: 31  Red-throated Loon
            2  Red-breasted Merganser
            3  Laughing Gull
            2  Bonaparte's Gull
           38  Herring Gull
           13  Great Black-backed Gull
                      

 3pm -4pm: 74  Red-throated Loon
           52  Black Scoter
           21  Red-breasted Merganser             
           10  Herring Gull
            4  Great Black-backed Gull

4pm-430pm: 15  Red-throated Loon  
           11  Black Scoter  
            7  Red-breasted Merganser
            1  PHARALOPE sp. - RED??

6008 in 24 sp. headed N

       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville & Ocean City, MD
       

P.S. For 2006 Seawatch, plans to expansion from one
day to two days for Sat and Sun. 



		
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