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Kent Co. Mid-Winter Bird Count, 2/05/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

Date:

Tue, 7 Feb 2006 07:40:34 -0800

Hi all,


   Sorry for the delay. Just got home after working
night-shift duty at the firehouse. Before that, to
Eastern Shore with Steve Sanford. Will have the report
as soon as I finish with Kent Co. Count.


Kent County Mid-Winter Bird Count, 2/05/06

OBSERVERS: Tom Feild, Kevin Graff

720am-730am & 245pm-330pm
Along Rt 455, Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 41 degrees, W 7 mph (am)
         Cloudy/MC, 45-46 degrees, WSW 10 mph
         - WSW 18 mph (pm) 

  82  Canada Goose
  12  Tundra Swan
   4  Turkey Vulture
   3  Bald Eagle
   1  Northern Harrier
   1  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1  Red-tailed Hawk
   1  Wild Turkey
   4  Ring-billed Gull
   1  Herring Gull
  19  Mourning Dove
   1  Blue Jay
   2  American Crow
   1  Fish Crow
  12  Eastern Bluebird
   2  American Robin
   2  Northern Mockingbird
   3  European Starling
   7  Chipping Sparrow
   2  Song Sparrow
   1  White-throated Sparrow
  25  "Slate-colored" Junco
   4  Northern Cardinal 
   1  Red-winged Blackbird
   6  Common Grackle
   3  House Finch
 201  26 species

730am-12pm
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Eastern 
Neck Rd., Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD 

WEATHER: PC/Cloudy, 41-45 degrees, W 7 mph-  
         WSW 17 mph

 1701  Canada Goose 
    4  Mute Swan
  135  Tundra Swan
    2  Gadwall
    6  American Wigeon
  141  American Black Duck
  143  Mallard
    8  Northern Pintail
  150  Canvasback
 6986  Greater Scaup    
  161  Lesser Scaup
  528  Scaup sp.
    2  Surf Scoter - off Bayview/Butterfly Trail
    2  Long-tailed Duck
  180  Bufflehead
  427  Common Goldeneye
   43  Red-breasted Merganser
   11  Ruddy Duck
    1  Horned Grebe
    3  Great Blue Heron
    6  Black Vulture
   16  Turkey Vulture
    8  Bald Eagle
    1  Northern Harrier
    1  Sharp-shinned Hawk
    2  Ring-billed Gull
    6  Herring Gull
   14  Great Black-backed Gull
    1  Belted Kingfisher
    2  Red-bellied Woodpecker
    2  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
    2  Downy Woodpecker
    2  Hairy Woodpecker
    6  Northern Flicker
    2  Blue Jay
    4  American Crow
   14  Carolina Chickadee
    1  BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - Duck Inn Trail
    1  Tufted Titmouse
    1  BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH - Boxes Point Tr
    1  Brown Creeper
    4  Carolina Wren
    1  Golden-crowned Kinglet
    1  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
    7  Eastern Bluebird
    1  Hermit Thrush
   46  American Robin
    1  Northern Mockingbird
   52  European Starling
   20  Cedar Waxwing
    1  Eastern Towhee
    1  Savannah Sparrow
    1  Fox Sparrow
   31  Song Sparrow
   15  White-throated Sparrow
    3  Northern Cardinal
 2018  Red-winged Blackbird
  299  Common Grackle
   36  Brown-headed Cowbird
    2  American Goldfinch 
13267  59 species 

Mammals
   10  Gray Squirrel
    1  Red Fox

1215pm-1225pm
Rock Hall - Beach Rd public beach and along 
Rock Hall Ave., Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD

WEATHER: Cloudy, 45 degress, WSW 17 mph 

  48  Canada Goose
   2  Mallard
 106  Greater Scaup
  68  Bufflehead
  66  Common Goldeneye
   1  Red-breasted Merganser
   1  Double-crested Cormorant
   1  Turkey Vulture
  53  Ring-billed Gull
   2  Herring Gull
   7  Great Black-backed Gull
   1  Mourning Dove
  58  European Starling
   1  Song Sparrow
   1  Northern Cardinal
   3  House Sparrow
 419  16 species

1235pm-140pm
Chesapeake Farms "waterfowl resting area" 
Remington Dr. & Ricauds Branch Rd; geese/
gulls count at Rt 20, S of Ricauds Br Rd. 
Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 45 degrees, WSW 18 mph- WSW 14 mph

 7001  Snow Goose
 3724  Canada Goose - 3611 on Rt 20
   27  Mallard
  109  Northern Shoveler
  122  Northern Pintail
   34  Green-winged Teal
    3  Lesser Scaup
   12  Ruddy Duck
   11  Turkey Vulture
    2  Bald Eagle
    1  Red-tailed Hawk
    1  American Kestrel
    1  American Coot
  396  Ring-billed Gull - 386 off of Rt 20
   18  Herring Gull - same as above
    1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
    1  Blue Jay
    4  American Crow
    1  Northern Mockingbird
   15  European Starling
    1  Song Sparrow
    7  White-throated Sparrow
    3  "Slate-colored" Junco
    3  Northern Cardinal
   17  Red-winged Blackbird
11515  25 species

150pm-235pm
Private farm runs by Chesapeake Wildlife 
Heritage in area called Skinner Necks,
Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/Cloudy, 45 degrees, WSW 14 mph-
         WSW 10 mph 

   2  Canada Goose
   2  Mute Swan
  16  American Black Duck
  20  Mallard 
   2  Bufflehead
   1  Great Blue Heron
   6  Turkey Vulture
   1  Bald Eagle
   1  Red-tailed Hawk
 267  Ring-billed Gull - nearby field
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Carolina Chickadee
   1  Northern Mockingbird
  66  European Starling - w/ blackbirds
   1  Song Sparrow
   1  Swamp Sparrow
   7  White-throated Sparrow
   1  "Slate-colored" Junco
   2  Northern Cardinal
 158  Red-winged Blackbird - 7 males
 558  20 species


       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
       

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