Hi all,
Cecil Bird Club trip, 3/18/06 (91 species total)
Leader: Sean McCandless
Observers: 7
610am-630am
Along Rt 213, Chesapeake City, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 27-28 degrees, WNW 7 mph- W 7 mph
1 Mallard
1 Bufflehead
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle - adult
1 Red-tailed Hawk
21 Ring-billed Gull
3 Herring Gull
4 Mourning Dove
10 American Crow
3 Fish Crow
4 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
9 European Starling
38 Red-winged Blackbird - single flock
16 Common Grackle
114 15 species
640am-715am
Rt 301/213/50, Church Hill, Queen Anne's Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 31-32 degrees, NNW 7 mph- NNW 8 mph
4 Canada Goose
8 Black Vulture
5 Turkey Vulture
6 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
1 LAUGHING GULL - w/ Ringbills in field
62 Ring-billed Gull
2 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
1 Northern Flicker
1 American Crow
1 American Robin
4 European Starling
9 Red-winged Blackbird
18 Common Grackle
6 House Sparrow - Bay Country Welcome Center
130 16 species
715am-740am
Along Rt 50, Easton, Talbot Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 32 degrees, NNW 8 mph- NNW 9 mph
4 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
58 Surf Scoter
4 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
2 Red-tailed Hawk
66 Ring-billed Gull
13 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
3 American Crow
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
56 European Starling
2 "Slate-colored" Junco
2 Red-winged Blackbird
34 Common Grackle
3 House Finch
4 House Sparrow
258 19 species
745am-815am
Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin, Mill St.,
Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 32-33 degrees, NNW 9 mph- NW 15 mph
20 Canada Goose
23 Mallard
16 Lesser Scaup
199 Surf Scoter
1 Long-tailed Duck
2 Bufflehead
374 Ring-billed Gull
46 Herring Gull
1 GLAUCOUS GULL - 1st W, going into 2nd, more
26 Great Black-backed Gull whitish
2 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
2 American Robin
8 European Starling
1 Song Sparrow
2 Common Grackle
724 16 species
835am-1140am
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Key Wallace Dr.,
Church Creek, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 34-41 degrees, NW 12 mph- NW 16 mph
313 Snow Goose
208 Canada Goose
11 Tundra Swan
28 American Black Duck
90 Mallard
157 Northern Shoveler
2 Northern Pintail
45 Green-winged Teal
2 Ring-necked Duck
12 Great Blue Heron
11 Turkey Vulture
6 Osprey
14 Bald Eagle
3 Northern Harrier
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
7 Killdeer
1 Greater Yellowlegs
22 Ring-billed Gull
26 Forster's Tern
1 Rock Pigeon
2 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Fish Crow
16 Tree Swallow
8 Carolina Chickadee
3 Brown-headed Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
2 Carolina Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
5 Eastern Bluebird
3 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
9 Pine Warbler
3 Field Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
9 White-throated Sparrow
3 "Slate-colored" Junco
5 Northern Cardinal
79 Red-winged Blackbird
34 Eastern Meadowlark
39 Common Grackle
1197 48 species
Mammals
1 Delmarva Fox Squirrel
1pm-230pm
Ocean City Inlet "Inlet Park" S. 2nd St., Ocean City,
Worcester Co., MD - brief SeaWatch (1pm-230pm)
WEATHER: Fair, 46-45 degrees, WNW 14 mph- WNW 16
mph
8 Atlantic Brant - 7 headed N
1 Common Eider - hen, brief view before boat came
229 Surf Scoter - single flock 13 headed N
68 Black Scoter - 61 headed N
4 Long-tailed Duck
13 Red-breasted Merganser - 1 headed N
47 Red-throated Loon - 41 headed N
12 Common Loon
580 Northern Gannet - 434 1-2, 133 2-230, 13 lingers
6 Double-crested Cormorant
3 Great Cormorant
1 Turkey Vulture
6 American Oystercatcher
2 Ruddy Turnstone
1 Sanderling
1 Purple Sandpiper
1 Bonaparte's Gull
72 Ring-billed Gull
43 Herring Gull
10 Great Black-backed Gull
28 Rock Pigeon
1 American Crow
29 European Starling
3 House Sparrow
1169 24 species
235pm-3pm
Hooper's Crab House Restaurant, old North Ave Lane,
West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 45 degrees, WNW 16 mph
4 Canada Goose
1 Mallard
17 Atlantic Brant
2 Bufflehead
13 Red-breasted Merganser
4 American Oystercatcher
197 Ring-billed Gull
252 Herring Gull
1 ICELAND GULL - adult
2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - 1 ad, 1 2nd W
1 GLAUCOUS GULL - 1st W
83 Great Black-backed Gull
1 European Starling
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Boat-tailed Grackle
583 16 species
305pm-330pm
West Ocean City Pond, Golf Course Rd., West Ocean
City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 45 degrees, WNW 16 mph- NW 16 mph
8 Canada Goose
2 Wood Duck
5 Gadwall
52 Mallard
66 Northern Shoveler
6 Northern Pintail
18 Green-winged Teal
30 Canvasback
7 Lesser Scaup
1 Hooded Merganser
4 Ruddy Duck
1 Great Blue Heron
5 Great Egret
7 Black-crowned Night Heron
40 Ring-billed Gull
31 Herring Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Mourning Dove
1 European Starling
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
290 20 species
335pm-4pm
Eagle's Nest Rd Pond, Eagle's Nest Rd., Berlin,
Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 45 degrees, NW 16 mph
2 Canada Goose
6 Gadwall
26 American Wigeon
1 Blue-winged Teal
9 Turkey Vulture - 8 along Rt 611
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Mourning Dove
2 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 European Starling
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Red-winged Blackbird - Rt 611
2 Common Grackle - Rt 611
1 American Goldfinch - Rt 611
56 15 species
Will get Carroll County from Friday done tonight. It
was late due to several brush fires we had Friday
afternoon into Sat night shift. We need rain to soften
the dry ground and prevent more brush fires. There are
over 50 brush/woods fires in last few days in
Maryland.
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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