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Ocean City & beyond, 1/14/05

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:08:54 -0800

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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