As with Rick's trip to the Blue Mash, we too had 32 species today, all while looking morosely at our feeders being blowm by gale force winds and torrential downpours. Best birds were a FOX SPARROW still hanging on and, during a lull in the storm, a half dozen RING-NECKED DUCKS staying late on the ponds and a flyover CATTLE EGRET, our first for the year in Maryland.
Here are our totals (more or less in the order they were seen):
Belted Kingfisher 1
White-throated Sparrow 9
Northern Cardinal 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 15 (a more or less even mix of males and females)
Red-winged Blackbird 30 (ditto)
Common Grackle 25
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
European Starling 9
Brown-headed Nuthatch 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Rusty Blackbird 1
Herring Gull 10
Canada Goose 28
Mallard 13
Carolina Chickadee 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Song Sparrow 7
House Finch 6
Swamp Sparrow 5
American Robin 32
Great Blue Heron 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Ring-necked Duck 6
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Fish Crow 3
American Goldfinch 17
Tufted Titmouse 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Ring-billed Gull 18
Cattle Egret 1
Fox Sparrow 1
Norm & Fran Saunders
Worcester County, MD
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