Fran and I got an early start on the weekend, driving down to Worcester County on Thursday afternoon.

At the feeders and surrounding neighborhood so far this weekend we have tallied (more or less in the order seen):
Great Blue Heron, 2
Northern Cardinal, 9 (singing)
Carolina Chickadee, 3
Northern Mockingbird, 2
White-throated Sparrow, 14
Dark-eyed Junco, 9
Song Sparrow, 7 (singing)
Red-winged Blackbird, 75 (singing on territory)
Common Grackle, 85 (first of the year here)
American Robin, 25 (singing, first large flocks since CBC)
Ring-necked Duck, 11
Mallard, 18
Canada Goose, 27
Ring-billed Gull, 18
Herring Gull, 9
Killdeer, 3
Carolina Wren, 2
American Goldfinch, 12
Mourning Dove, 6
Eastern Towhee, 2 (m/f pair)
Pine Warbler, 1
Swamp Sparrow, 2 (numbers dropping off sharply now)
Eastern Phoebe, 1
Fox Sparrow, 1 (last weekend and this weekend first of the winter here at the feeder)
House Finch, 3
Downy Woodpecker, 1
Brant, 2
Great Black-backed Gull, 6
Eastern Bluebird, 2 (singing)
European Starling, 40
Black Vulture, 4
Turkey Vulture, 6
Brown-headed Nuthatch, 3

All of the following locations today, Friday March 10

OC Jetty & Inlet
Surf Scoter, 40
Black Scoter, 2
Brant, 28
Herring Gull, 13
Common Loon, 3
Ruddy Turnstone, 22
Glaucous Gull, 1 juvenile (same bird reported by Derek Richardson last weekend?)
Rock Pigeon, 12
Purple Sandpiper, 15
Sanderling, 3
Ring-billed Gull, 15
Horned Grebe, 1
Red-breasted Merganser, 4
White-winged Scoter, 1
Red-throated Loon, 1

3rd Street bay access
House Finch, 4
European Starling, 38
Eastern Phoebe, 1
Brant, 75
Mourning Dove, 6
Song Sparrow, 3
Great Black-backed Gull, 23
Herring Gull, 35
Ring-billed Gull, 18
Turkey Vulture, 9
Red-breasted Merganser, 6
American Oystercatcher, 1

OC Convention Center bay & marsh access
American Black Duck, 3
Canada Goose, 5
Red-breasted merganser, 6
Bufflehead, 13

26th Street bay access
Greater Scaup, 4
Common Grackle, 18
American Robin, 6
House Sparrow, 2

9th Street bay access
Dark-eyed Junco, 1

West Ocean City Pond
Black-crowned Night-Heron, 8
Red-winged Blackbird, 4
Great Egret, 3
Mallard, 25
Canvasback, 100+
Ring-necked Duck, 15
American Wigeon, 6
Green-winged Teal, 18
Ruddy Duck, 9
Gadwall, 6
Northern Pintail, 3
Eastern Phoebe, 1
Northern Shoveler, 15
Lesser Scaup, 6
Wood Duck, 1
Great Blue Heron, 3
Hooded Merganser, 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch, 2
American Robin, 6
European Starling, 35
Mourning Dove, 3

Eagles Landing Golf Course Pond
Gadwall, 2
American Wigeon, 45
Lesser Scaup, 3
Black Vulture, 2
American Robin, 8
Brown-headed Nuthatch, 2
Turkey Vulture, 6
House Sparrow, 6

Berlin Sewage Lagoons
Tundra Swan, 1
Canada Goose, 25
Green-winged Teal, 38
Northern Mockingbird, 1
Carolina Wren, 3
Red-winged Blackbird, 10
Northern Shoveler, 6
Great Blue Heron, 1
American Black Duck, 8
American Coot, 3
Song Sparrow, 2
Mallard, 6
Lesser Scaup, 5
Ruddy Duck, 15
Northern Pintail, 2
Ring-necked Duck, 1
Blue Jay, 1
Common Grackle, 6


More reports as the weekend unfolds...

Norm & Fran Saunders
Colesville & West Ocean City, MD