Hi all,
Cecil Co. Bird Club trip, 1/14/05
Leader: Sean McCandless
Observers: 3
805am-830am
Along Rt 589/Ocean Pines South Pond, Manklin Creek
Rd./
Ocean Pkwy, Ocean Pines South, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Light rain, 50 degrees, variable 6 mph- SSW 7
mph
20 Snow Goose - 18 flyby, 2 in pond w/ wings injury
195 Canada Goose
2 Tundra Swan
1 American Wigeon
2 American Black Duck
70 Mallard - also 24 Dom. Ducks
11 Canvasback
1 Redhead
12 Ring-necked Duck
9 Lesser Scaup
2 scaup sp.
2 Bufflehead
9 Hooded Merganser
2 Red-breasted Merganser
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle
51 Ring-billed Gull
7 Herring Gull
16 Great Black-backed Gull
25 Rock Pigeon
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
3 Fish Crow
5 European Starling
2 House Sparrow
453 24 species
845am-950am
Ocean City Inlet "Inlet Park" S. 2nd St., Ocean City,
Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Thick fog, 51-52 degrees, SSW 7 mph- S 6 mph
4 Atlantic Brant
3 Long-tailed Duck
36 Bufflehead
11 Red-breasted Merganser
9 Red-throated Loon
6 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
1 RED-NECKED GREBE - lost it in the fog
1 Great Cormorant
25 Sanderling
1 Bonaparte's Gull
12 Ring-billed Gull
29 Herring Gull
18 Great Black-backed Gull
7 Rock Pigeon
19 European Starling
1 House Sparrow
184 17 species
10am-1035am
West Ocean City Pond, Golf Course Rd., West Ocean
City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fog, 52 degrees, variable 6 mph
6 Canada Goose - nearby townhouses
7 Tundra Swan
10 Gadwall
2 American Black Duck
91 Mallard
43 Northern Shoveler
2 Green-winged Teal
322 Canvasback
1 Greater Scaup
8 Hooded Merganser
9 Ruddy Duck
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Black-crowned Night Heron
10 Ring-billed Gull
7 Herring Gull
4 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Mourning Dove
1 Blue Jay
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Northern Cardinal
1 American Goldfinch
531 21 species
1045am-1050am
Fresh Produce Vendor "closed for winter" Rt 611 &
Sinepuxent Rd., West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fog fading, 50 degrees, S 6 mph
1 Turkey Vulture - over airport
1 American Crow
3 Carolina Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
159 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
15 European Starling
8 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 White-throated Sparrow
32 Red-winged Blackbird
1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD
10 Common Grackle
61 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 House Finch
18 American Goldfinch
1 House Sparrow
316 16 species
1050am-1125am
Along Eagle's Nest Rd (including "Wigeon Pond"),
Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Cloudy, 50 degrees, S 6 mph- S 3 mph
11 Gadwall
2 Mallard
120 American Wigeon
1 EURASIAN WIGEON - drake
1 Green-winged Teal
4 Ring-billed Gull
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
2 Brown-headed Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
1 Northern Mockingbird
5 European Starling
144 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
6 White-throated Sparrow
21 "Slate-colored" Junco
1 Northern Cardinal
1 House Sparrow
325 19 species
**brief stop at inlet** fog still thick
1215pm-1240pm
Rt 50 borrow pit "wetland", Rt 50 & westward,
Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD
WEATHER: Cloudy, 55-54 degrees, W 9 mph- NW 14 mph
1 American Black Duck
2 Mallard
1 Green-winged Teal - Rt 50 bridge
4 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 American Kestrel
20 Killdeer
1 Ring-billed Gull
307 Herring Gull - arrived from landfill
57 Great Black-backed Gull - same as above
4 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
7 Fish Crow
17 European Starling
1 Song Sparrow - behind rest stop
7 Common Grackle
13 House Sparrow - behind rest stop
445 17 species
110pm-205pm
Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin, Mill St., Cambridge,
Dorchester Co., MD **No Harlequin Duck at this hour**
WEATHER: Light rain/windy, 48-45 degrees, NW 23 mph-
WNW 24 mph
102 Canada Goose
5 American Wigeon - w/ Canvasback
82 Mallard
1184 Canvasback
4 Greater Scaup
204 Lesser Scaup
2021 Surf Scoter
1 White-winged Scoter - hen w/ Canvasback
2 Black Scoter - w/ raft of Surf Scoter
57 Long-tailed Duck
52 Bufflehead
3 Common Goldeneye
2 Hooded Merganser - inside marina
23 Ruddy Duck - 1 inside marina
1 Bald Eagle
66 Ring-billed Gull
64 Herring Gull
33 Great Black-backed Gull
1 American Robin
4 European Starling
3911 20 species
215pm-230pm
Along Egypt Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: Light rain/Cloudy, 45 degrees, WNW 24 mph
2 Snow Goose - flyby
134 Canada Goose
152 Tundra Swan
4 Mallard - flyby
1 Black Vulture
76 Turkey Vulture
4 Bald Eagle
1 Northern Harrier
1 American Kestrel
256 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
6 American Crow
4 crow sp.
4 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
1 Eastern Bluebird
X European Starling - 450 est.
2 Savannah Sparrow
1 American Goldfinch
651 18 species + 450 starlings
230pm-345pm
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Key Wallace Dr.
(Wildlife Drive only), Church Creek, Dorchester Co.
MD
WEATHER: Cloudy/Windy, 45-43 degrees, WNW 24 mph-
NW 30 mph
1437 Snow Goose
1810 Canada Goose
45 Tundra Swan
4 American Black Duck
148 Mallard
12 Northern Shoveler
414 Northern Pintail
4 Green-winged teal
8 Common Merganser
3 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
4 Great Blue Heron
6 Turkey Vulture
14 Bald Eagle
2 Northern Harrier
1 American Kestrel
6 Greater Yellowlegs
166 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
4 Rock Pigeon
5 Mourning Dove
1 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Bluebird - Key Wallace Dr.
22 American Robin - Rt 335
1 Northern Mockingbird
77 European Starling
1 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
5 White-throated Sparrow
2 Northern Cardinal
55 Red-winged Blackbird
2 House Finch
9 American Goldfinch
4271 32 species
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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