Hi all,


   Another late report. Did some birding Sat afternoon
before head to Kent Narrows for Volunteer Night Dinner
from Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center "Horsehead" 
The marshy pond with green algae or something has some
nice birds there, American Bittern with his head only
visable through the cattail, drake Blue-winged Teal
and male C. yellowthroat and also a nice closeup with
Vesper Sparrow near the hedgerow just pass the Poplar
School Rd on the right as you head south toward Rt
481. 
Things are queiting down as the thunderstorm approach
on my way out to Kent Narrows. 

445pm-545pm - 4/23/05
Rt 309 Starr Rd between Rt 213 & Rt 481, Centreville,
Queen Anne's Co., MD

Weather: Cloudy, getting dark by 545pm, 64 degree, 
         SSE 12 mph- SSW 13 mph

  1  American Bittern - marshy pond near Poplar Sch Rd
  7  Turkey Vulture
 16  Canada Goose - pond closest to Rt 213
  6  Mallard - same as above
  1  Blue-winged Teal - same as bittern
  1  Northern Harrier
  1  Greater Yellowleg - pond closest to Rt 213
  1  Wilson's Snipe - same as above
  1  Laughing Gull - flyby
  4  Rock Pigeon - at top of silo
  1  Mourning Dove
  2  American Crow
  2  Tree Swallow
  2  Barn Swallow
  1  American Robin
 58  European Starling - w/ blackbirds  
  1  Common Yellowthroat - same as bittern
  2  Field Sparrow
  1  Vesper Sparrow - beyond Poplar Sch Rd on Rt 309
  2  Chipping Sparrow
  6  Song Sparrow
 59  Red-winged Blackbird  
 88  Common Grackle - w/ blackbirds
 37  Brown-headed Cowbird - w/ blackbirds 
  3  American Goldfinch 
304  25 species

      Kevin Graff
      Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD 
      

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