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Poplar Is and beyond, 5/13/05

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sat, 14 May 2005 16:55:23 -0700

Hi all,


Baltimore Bird Club trip

Observers: 5 plus 10 visitors

740am-8am
roadside birding along Rt 50 from Bay Bridge on AACo.
to Rt 50/301 split east of Kent Narrows, Kent Island,
Queen Anne's Co., MD

Weather: Cloudy, 55 degree, ENE 8 mph

   4  Double-crested Cormorant
   1  Great Blue Heron
   1  Snowy Egret
   1  Green Heron - Bay Bridge Pond
   1  Glossy Ibis
   3  Turkey Vulture
  10  Canada Goose
   8  Mute Swan
   5  Mallard
   5  Osprey
   1  Laughing Gull
   1  Ring-billed Gull
  16  Herring Gull
  17  Great Black-backed Gull
   1  Common Tern
   1  Least Tern
   5  Rock Pigeon
   1  Mourning Dove
   1  American Crow
   2  Purple Martin
   1  Tree Swallow
   1  CLIFF SWALLOW - flew over Kent Narrows bridge
   8  Barn Swallow
   1  American Robin - flyby
  18  European Starling
   9  Red-winged Blackbird
  12  Common Grackle    
   4  American Goldfinch - flyby
   3  House Sparrow 
 142  29 species

845am-905am
boat dock at Knapp Narrows and cruise westward, 
Black Walnut Road, Tilghman, Talbot Co., MD 

Weather: Cloudy, 55 degree, E 7 mph

   1  Common Loon
   7  Great Blue Heron
   1  Snowy Egret
   1  Mute Swan
   8  Osprey
   1  Willet
   2  Laughing Gull
   1  Ring-billed Gull
  11  Herring Gull
   3  Great Black-backed Gull
   4  Rock Pigeon
   8  Mourning Dove - 7 N of Knapps Narrows
   1  Norther Flicker - Tilghman Is Rd, N of Knapps N
   1  American Crow
   3  Fish Crow  
   2  Eastern Bluebird - same as flicker
  11  European Starling - same as above 
   3  Red-winged Blackbird
   6  Common Grackle 
   1  House Sparrow
  76  20 species

925am-1245pm
Poplar Island Environmental Restoration Project, 
Talbot Co., MD

Weather: Cloudy/PC, 55-58 degree, E 7 mph- SSE 9 mph

   2  Common Loon
 507  Double-crested Cormorant
  76  Great Blue Heron
   1  Great Egret - brief view at Coaches Is.
  54  Snowy Egret
   1  TRICOLORED HERON - brief view, rare in area
   4  Turkey Vulture
  51  Canada Goose
  23  Mute Swan
  36  Black Duck
  67  Mallard
   1  Blue-winged Teal - drake
   2  Lesser Scaup
   1  LONG-TAILED DUCK
   1  Red-breasted Merganser
  16  Osprey
   3  Bald Eagle
   1  Northern Harrier
  17  Black-bellied Plover
 304  Semipalmated Plover
   3  Killdeer
   2  American Oystercatcher
   1  BLACK-NECKED STILT
   9  Greater Yellowlegs
 338  Lesser Yellowlegs
  88  Willet
   4  Spotted Sandpiper
  15  Ruddy Turnstone
   5  Sanderling
   5  Semipalmated Sandpiper        
 608  Least Sandpiper
  18  peeps sp.
2392  Dunlin
 191  Short-billed Dowitcher
 411  Herring Gull
  72  Great Black-backed Gull
  18  Common Tern
  18  Fish Crow
   8  Purple Martin
 107  Tree Swallow
  10  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  11  Bank Swallow
 201  Barn Swallow      
  14  European Starling
  58  Red-winged Blackbird
   2  RUSTY BLACKBIRD
  66  Common Grackle
5843  46 species

310pm-330pm (3pm-305pm at Bruffs Is Rd)
Todd's Corner Rd, just south of Sharp Rd, heavy woods
area on both side of road, Todd's Corner, Talbot Co.,
MD    w/ Bob Ringler

Weather: Cloudy, 59 degree, S 9 mph

   1  Turkey Vulture - flyby
   1  Laughing Gull - flyby
   1  Yellow-billed Cuckoo
   1  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   1  Great-crested Flycatcher
   1  Blue Jay
   2  Tufted Titmouse
   2  White-breasted Nuthatch
   1  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
   1  Wood Thrush
   2  Gray Catbird
   1  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   1  Pine Warbler
   1  Ovenbird
   1  Summer Tanager - Bruffs Island Rd
   2  Scarlet Tanager - excellent view
   2  Common Grackle - flyby
  22  17 species

335pm-4pm
Pickering Creek Environmental Center, Audubon Dr
(mostly at entrance road and impoundment area) and
woods area on Sharp Rd across from Pickering Creek,
Todd's Corner, Talbot Co., MD   w/ Bob Ringler

Weather: Cloudy, 59 degree, SSE 7 mph

  11  Glossy Ibis
   3  Turkey Vulture
  26  Canada Goose 
   2  Mute Swan
   2  Wood Duck
   4  Mallard
   1  Bald Eagle
   2  Greater Yellowlegs
  20  Lesser Yellowlegs
   2  Least Sandpiper
   2  Mourning Dove - one at Forrest Landing Rd.
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Warbling Vireo - Forrest Landing Rd.
   1  Red-eyed Vireo
   1  Blue Jay
   3  American Crow
  10  Tree Swallow
   5  Barn Swallow
   2  Eastern Bluebird
   2  American Robin
   2  Northern Mockingbird - one at Forrest Landing Rd
   1  Indigo Bunting
   4  Bobolink
   6  Red-winged Blackbird
   5  Common Grackle
 119  25 species

Mammals
   1  Eastern Cottontail


        Kevin Graff
        Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
         


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