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Wye Island Birding 3 - 30 - 05 Queen Annes County

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danny poet

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danny poet

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Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:34:18 -0500

   Hi all it was such a nice day yesterday that after work I took a late 
afternoon  walk on Wye Island to do some birding. Nothing off the wall there 
  best  birds  there were the Common  Loons. One in Complete Breeding 
plumage in the Wye East River  on the  Talbot County side  but latter 
Crossed into Queen Annes County  to make a year bird for the county. the 
other 3 Loons were  mostly  in breeding  plumage. Birds Seen.

Wye Island  Queen Annes County    Sunny    4:30 Pm  to 6:40 Pm

Common Loon  4
Double Creasted  Cormorant   2
Great Blue  Heron       1 flyover at Dusk
Mute Swan         4
Ruddy Duck      51
Lesser Scaup     10
Bufflehead           4
Green Winged Teal    12
Northern  Harrier     1
Red  Tailed  Hawk   2  male  doing some chasing  of the female
Bald Eagle        2 adults at the nest  viewed from the Bridge
Osprey      4
TV   8
Ring Billed Gull    100  flying to roost near  dusk
Laughing  Gull   5  iin the Ring Billed flock
Red Bellied Woodpecker       3
Downey Woodpecker       1
White  Breated Nuthatch    2
American  Robin          12
Red winged  Blackbird  6
Grackle   12
Starling    30
Mockingbird  2
Cardinal       3
White throated Sparrow    15
Song  Sparrow   2
Savannah sparrow    1
Dark Eyed Junco     10


Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown, Md
birder2312hotmail.com