Lisa and I headed down to Cambridge on Sunday morning, where we
easily spotted the immature male HARLEQUIN DUCK, consorting with a
half-dozen Bufflehead, in the Cambridge Yacht Club basin. A beautiful
state bird (Alaska is the only other place we've seen one).
We did not have time to look extensively for the Glaucous Gull,
as I had to be back in the Annapolis area by noon.
Other sightings of note:
Queen Anne's County, Kent Narrows Area:
Ruddy Duck (20+)
Bufflehead (8)
Long-Tailed Duck (10)
Ring-Billed Gull (approx 100)
Herring Gull (1)
Mute Swan (2)
American Black Duck (3)
Talbot County, near Choptank River bridge on US 50:
American Kestrel
Choptank River, Cambridge, Dorchester County:
Canvasback (approx 250)
Lesser Scaup (30)
Surf Scoter (in the 100s, if not 1000s)
Long-Tailed Duck
Black Scoter (1)
Bufflehead (20+)
Common Goldeneye (2)
A great day for birding!
Warren and Lisa Strobel
Cape St. Claire, MD
2006 Year List - 62
ABA Life List - 308
World Life List - 407
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