As the only surviving participants of last weekend's BBC trip to coastal
Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, I feel obliged to post the sightings of
the Maryland portion of the trip for those whose opted to stay home and
watch the snow fall. We West Virginians are a hardier (foolhardier?) type.

Saturday, 2/11, was very rainy and by the time we reached Ocean City, it was
raining steadily and hard, and there was little to see at the Inlet.

2/11/06  US  MD  WO  Ocean City Inlet, Berlin

 Common Loon    
 Great Blue Heron  
 Canada Goose    
 Brant    
 Mallard    
 Canvasback    
 Bufflehead    
 Red-breasted Merganser
 Ruddy Turnstone   
 Ring-billed Gull  
 Herring Gull    
 Great Black-backed Gull
 Rock Dove    
 Mourning Dove    
 Eastern Bluebird  
 American Robin    
 European Starling 
 Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Boat-tailed Grackle

On Sunday, 2/12, it was snowing and windy. The unusual weather and a couple
of surprise birds made the day fun.

 2/12/06  US  MD  WO  West OC Pond, Rte 611 & 376, Ironshire Rd
   
 Red-throated Loon 
 Common Loon    
 Great Cormorant   
 Great Blue Heron  
 Little Blue Heron  2   (Juveniles at Pond on Riggin Ridge Road)
 Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
 Turkey Vulture    
 Canada Goose    
 American Black Duck
 Mallard    
 Northern Shoveler 
 Northern Pintail  
 Canvasback    
 Surf Scoter    
 Black Scoter    
 Long-tailed Duck  
 Red-breasted Merganser
 Bald Eagle    
 Cooper's Hawk    
 Red-tailed Hawk   
 American Kestrel  
 Killdeer    
 American Oystercatcher
 Ruddy Turnstone   
 Bonaparte's Gull  
 Ring-billed Gull  
 Herring Gull    
 Great Black-backed Gull
 Rock Dove    
 Mourning Dove    
 Red-bellied Woodpecker
 Downy Woodpecker  
 Northern Flicker  
 Blue Jay    
 Horned Lark  700  
 Eastern Bluebird  
 American Robin    
 Northern Mockingbird
 European (Common) Starling
 American (Buff-bellied) Pipit  6
 Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Savannah Sparrow  
 Song Sparrow    
 White-throated Sparrow
 Dark-eyed Junco   
 Northern Cardinal 
 Red-winged Blackbird
 Eastern Meadowlark  12
 Rusty Blackbird  1   (Along Rte. 611 adjacent to Eagles Nest Campground)
 Common Grackle    
 Boat-tailed Grackle
 Brown-headed Cowbird
 House Sparrow   

Total species 56. No alcids, eiders, nor Harlequin.

-- 
Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
kingfisher500 at adelphia dot net