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.
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ |