Hi all,
Sorry for the delay. I was away to Nolands Ferry in
Frederick until 1235pm today and to Baltimore
afterward for family's birthday party, got home and
ran on 2 MEDIC calls less than 1 hour apart.
Bob Ringler and I had a great day with three new
county birds in Dorchester for both of us (harlequin,
pelican and glaucous gull)
815am-835am, 1/06/06
Non-stop roadside birding along Rt 50 from Bay Bridge
to
Talbot Co., Stevensville/Grasonville, Queen Anne's
Co.,
MD
Weather: Cloudy/MC, 38-39 degrees, NNW 9 mph- N 6 mph
557 Canada Goose
2 Mute Swan
15 Tundra Swan
2 Mallard
350 scaup sp. - in distance
16 Surf Scoter
14 Bufflehead
6 Ruddy Duck
15 Common Loon - single flock headed S
8 Black Vulture
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle
1 Laughing Gull
20 Ring-billed Gull
9 Herring Gull
14 Great Black-backed Gull
7 Rock Pigeon
1 Blue Jay
33 European Starling
11 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Common Grackle
3 House Sparrow
1091 22 species
835am-905am
Another non-stop roadside birding along Rt 50,
Easton, Talbot Co., MD
Weather: MC/Cloudy, 39 degrees, N 6 mph- NNW 9 mph
427 Canada Goose
1 Lesser Scaup - Choptank R. bridge, Talbot
13 Surf Scoter - same as above
4 Bufflehead - same as above
4 Black Vulture
16 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle - 3rd W
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
62 Ring-billed Gull
6 Herring Gull
54 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 American Crow
5 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
108 European Starling
72 Common Grackle
1 House Sparrow
780 20 species
910am-945am
Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin, Mill St., Cambridge,
Dorchester Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy, 40-41 degrees, NNW 9 mph
384 Canada Goose
7 Tundra Swan
26 American Wigeon
2 American Black Duck
41 Mallard
883 Canvasback - Oakley St, viewing from marina
2 Redhead
3 Greater Scaup
58 Lesser Scaup
1 HARLEQUIN DUCK - imm. male
2288 Surf Scoter
6 Long-tailed Duck - 2 in marina
56 Bufflehead
40 Ruddy Duck
2 Turkey Vulture
98 Ring-billed Gull
47 Herring Gull
1 GLAUCOUS GULL - 1st W, Dor to Talbot
44 Great Black-backed Gull
12 Rock Pigeon
1 Fish Crow
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 "Slate-colored" Junco
1 House Sparrow
4005 24 species
1005am-1020am
Along Maple Dam Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy, 41 degrees, N 13 mph- N 15 mph
29 Snow Goose
70 Canada Goose
4 Tundra Swan
1 Great Blue Heron
20 Turkey Vulture
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
10 Ring-billed Gull
1 Mourning Dove
1 Northern Flicker
1 Blue Jay
4 American Crow
700 European Starling
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
2 Red-winged Blackbird
1 House Finch
849 17 species
1025am-1130am
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Key Wallace Dr.,
along Wildlife Dr only, and portion of Egypt Rd.,
Church Creek, Dorchester Co., MD
Weather: Cloudy, 41-39 degrees, N 15 mph- NNW 14 mph
868 Snow Goose
2996 Canada Goose
247 Tundra Swan
2 American Black Duck
86 Mallard
1 Northern Shoveler
166 Northern Pintail
1 Green-winged Teal
1 Bufflehead
75 Common Merganser
4 WHITE PELICAN
5 Great Blue Heron
2 Black Vulture
12 Turkey Vulture
34 Bald Eagle - 13 in one spot
4 Northern Harrier
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
55 Ring-billed Gull
5 Rock Pigeon
3 Mourning Dove
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Brown-headed Nuthatch - flyby beyond entrance
21 Eastern Bluebird
2 Northern Mockingbird
45 European Starling
1 Pine Warbler
8 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
16 White-throated Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
6 "Slate-colored" Junco
5 Northern Cardinal
42 Red-winged Blackbird
16 Common Grackle
10 American Goldfinch
4751 39 species
1205pm-110pm
Beulah Landfill, E. New Market-Ellwood Rd., Hurlock,
Dorchester Co., MD
**spent most of the time checking gulls**
Weather: Cloudy/MC, 39-43 degrees, NNW 14 mph- NNW 16
mph
418 Snow Goose - 3 flocks
16 Canada Goose - single flock
30 Tundra Swan - two flocks
2 Mallard - flyby
18 Wild Turkey - Rt 16, N of Old Stagecoach Rd
3 Turkey Vulture
2 Bald Eagle
1 Northern Harrier - imm. male
1161 Ring-billed Gull
3001 Herring Gull
1 ICELAND GULL - 1stW
1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - 4th W
447 Great Black-backed Gull
16 Rock Pigeon
286 Fish Crow
4 crow sp. - in distance
1800 European Starling - moving around too much
1 Song Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird - flyby
7209 18 species
130pm-205pm
Poplar Neck Rd., Skeleton Neck Rd., & Frazier Neck
Rd., Choptank, Caroline Co., MD
Weather: PC/Cloudy, 43-41 degrees, N 15 mph- NNW 13
mph
5 Canada Goose - flyby
2 Mallard
18 Turkey Vulture
1 Northern Harrier
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 American Kestrel
1 Killdeer
43 Ring-billed Gull - Choptank Town Yacht Basin
50 Herring Gull - same as above
396 Great Black-backed Gull - same as above
3 Rock Pigeon
67 Mourning Dove
1 Northern Flicker
2 American Crow
17 Eastern Bluebird
2 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
340 European Starling
2 Song Sparrow
22 "Slate-colored" Junco
2 Northern Cardinal
4 Red-winged Blackbird
8 Common Grackle
992 24 species
Mammals
2 Gray Squirrel
19,667 birds in 66 species for the day.
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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