Hi all I was out in Queen Annes County birding for the Backyard bird count
Cornell Lab of Ornithology compiles Hope all of you are submitting your
weekend lists to them . I went to the Boat landing in Queenstown on
little Queenstown creek birds here
Hooded Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Lesser Scaup 6
House Finch 4 at a feeder nearby
Red tailed Hawk 1 at the Rt 50 Rt 301 spilt
Cheasapeake Bay Environmental Center [ Horsehead wetland center ]
Small Landbirds were hard to come by . Some Snow flurries and cold there .
The lady at the Vistor Center mentioned to me when asked why no feed in
the feeders SQUIRRELS eating everything so they are not filling them now
Birds seen here
Canada Geese 20 200 in a field outside of Grasonville
CACKLING GOOSE 1 close up looks outside of vistor center
and on the pond bank there
Bufflehead 23
Mallard 118
Blackduck 13
Ruddy Duck 44
Canvasback 71
Gadwall 27
Hooded Merganser 4
American Widgeon 24
Kingfisher 1
Carolina Chickadee 2 checking out a Bluebird house
Cardinal 8
Song sparrow 3
Cabin Creek near horsehead
Horned Grebe 1
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Tundra Swan 18
Kent Narrows Grasonville MD
American Coot 15
Lesser Scaup 148
Greater Scaup 2
Surf Scoter 40
Bufflehead 38
Long Tailed Duck 8
Golden Eyes 25
Rock Pigeon 45
Bald Eagle 1 immature on the jetty
Kingfisher 1
Rt 213 pond and Rt 309 pond near 213 Centreville Md most were at
the 309 pond
Ring Necked Duck 75
American Wigeon 3
Lesser Scaup 8
Hooded Merganser 3
Green Winged Teal 1
Tundra Swan 6
Killdeer 5
Field and pond at the Corner of Rt 301 and Rolling Bridge Rd
Centreville Md
Canada Geese 700
Snow Geese 1,000 not close to the road though
GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE 2 fairly close to the road in a
flock of Canadas
I have a couple of fair digital shots if anyone cares to
see
Pintail 3
Blackduck 3
Mallard 5
Horned Larks 25
Happy Weekend Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Md
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