Hi all,
Sorry for a late post. I was away today (Sunday) to
Red Bank in New Jersey during the 18th century
reenactment camping.
It was a busy day at South Point. Kind of reminding
you of Cape May or Turkey Point. It was fun to see a
twirl of passerines and many large birds coming in
from the north and forming a kettle or drop out to the
woods and head north again without crossing the water.
Crows did it too in one single flock, coming in from
the north, made a huge twirl of kettle and head back
north again.
It's probably too late to preserve any habitat in
that area in which I was hoping we could turn it into
a "South Point Bird Observatory" similar to Cape May.
They are everywhere covering entire South Point,
every road you see in that area are complete covered
with birds in every direction. On the roadside, in the
lawn, in the woods, in the fields, overhead.....
Kurt was with me to see incredible show.
I found the pelicans after tried over a hour in
several roads access to bayside of Newport Bay area.
It was in a private area off of Newport Bay Dr in area
called Wallops Neck which is on other side of Newport
Bay on marsh edge. I had struck out three times
looking for this birds last year where up to 24
reported there.
745am-8am
small marshy pond along Rt 113, north of Rt 90 on
southbound lane, Showell, Worcester Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy, 66 degree, variable 7 mph- S 8 mph
7 Turkey Vulture
6 Canada Goose
1 Gadwall
2 American Black Duck
7 Mallard
3 Ring-necked Duck
2 Ruddy Duck
1 Bald Eagle - flyby SE
1 Stilt Sandpiper
17 Laughing Gull - flyby
1 Herring Gull - flyby
1 American Crow
2 European Starling
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Song Sparrow
53 15 species
845am-940am w/ Kurt Schwarz
George Island Landing & Ernest A. Vaughn WMA, George
Island Landing Rd, Stockton, Worcester Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy/fog, 67-66 degree, SW 8 mph- SSW 9 mph
1 Common Loon - flyby north
26 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
2 Great Egret
4 Turkey Vulture
4 Canada Goose
2 American Black Duck
1 Mallard
21 Surf Scoter - flyby
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Greater Yellowleg
57 Laughing Gull
11 Ring-billed Gull
11 Herring Gull
5 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Caspian Tern
1 Royal Tern
20 Forster's Tern
11 Mourning Dove
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 GRAY KINGBIRD
2 Fish Crow
2 Tree Swallow - headed S
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Winter Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
26 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
75 European Starling
61 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
1 Palm Warbler
2 Song Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
2 Red-winged Blackbird
4 Eastern Meadowlark
5 Common Grackle - flyby east of Stockton
1 House Finch
6 House Sparrow
389 44 species
Mammals
2 Eastern Gray Squirrel
950am-1025am w/ Kurt Schwarz
Along Boxiron Rd, Girdletree, Worcester Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy, 68 degree, SW 10 mph- SSW 12 mph
1 Turkey Vulture
32 American Black Duck - flyby SE
1 Merlin - flyby at PawPaw Creek Rd
3 Greater Yellowleg - flyby
2 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - PawPaw Creek Rd
1 Downy Woodpecker - same as above
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Eastern Phoebe
4 American Crow
1 Horned Lark - flyby, heard calling
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 Carolina Wren
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7 Eastern Bluebird - 6 at PawPaw Creek Rd
1 American Robin
2 Northern Mockingbird - Cherrix Rd
52 European Starling
92 Yellow-rumped Warbler
18 Palm Warbler
2 Savannah Sparrow
8 White-throated Sparrow
5 Red-winged Blackbird
7 Eastern Meadowlark
115 American Goldfinch - on wires across field
364 25 species
Mammals
8 Gray Squirrel - 1 black form, Basket Switch Rd
Butterflies
3 Orange Sulfer
6 Monarch - still on the move
1115am-1pm w/ Kurt Schwarz (left before noon)
South Point Farms, Waterside Dr/Woodside Dr and rest
of South Point along South Point Rd from Rt 611 and
south, Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy, 66 degree, SSW 7 mph- SW 6 mph
2 Common Loon
3 WHITE PELICAN - off of Newport Bay Dr.
15 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
12 Canada Goose
26 American Wigeon - flyby W
10 Mallard
3 Northern Shoveler - w/ wigeons
4 Northern Pintail - w/ wigeons
6 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
21 Laughing Gull
19 Ring-billed Gull
10 Herring Gull
1 Forster's Tern
2 Mourning Dove
1 Belted Kingfisher
353 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Blue-headed Vireo - small tree farm, Waterside
1 Blue Jay - headed SW
154 American Crow
23 Fish Crow
26 Tree Swallow
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown-headed Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
18 Golden-crowned Kinglet
192 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4 Eastern Bluebird
2 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
17 European Starling - flyby
2862 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
168 Palm Warbler - 101 western, 63 yellow, 4 unkn.
24 Chipping Sparrow
4 Field Sparrow
29 Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln's Sparrow - along Woodside Dr.
3 Swamp Sparrow
74 White-throated Sparrow
3 White-crowned Sparrow
29 "Slate-colored" Junco
4136 45 species
Butterflies
29 Monarch
3pm-345pm (3pm-330pm pit) very slow
Rt 50 Borrow Pit, along Rt 50 westward, Salisbury,
Wicomico Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy, 64 degree, WSW 8 mph- SW 6 mph
1 Turkey Vulture
2 Canada Goose
16 Mallard
2 Northern Shoveler
1 Wilson's Snipe
398 Laughing Gull
32 Ring-billed Gull
3 Herring Gull
5 Mourning Dove - on wires
21 American Crow
4 Fish Crow
11 Tree Swallow - headed SW
84 European Starling - 80 on wires
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler
42 Red-winged Blackbird - flyby at borrow pit
1 Eastern Meadowlark - weedy field next to pit
292 Common Grackle - flyby
9 Brown-headed Cowbird - flyby
928 18 species
This past Thurs (10/20) on my last email, I was there
early at 7am till 730am before headed to work. Beside
Gray Kingbird, had one of each Barred Owl and Great
Horned Owl
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
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