Hi all,
Again no relief from others. Been out there for 11
hrs straight with no break from 6am to 5pm. It was a
busy day for gannets especially the hour of 9-10 with
over 1100 birds, poor day for other birds due to high
winds and rain on/off all day. 1st W Glaucous Gull
seen at my arrival at 6am resting on wooded railing at
the boardwalk.
6am-5pm
Full day Seawatch at Ocean City Inlet "Inlet Park",
South 2nd St., Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
Counter: Kevin Graff
Observers: 3
Weather:6am-7am: MC/PC, 42 degrees, NNE 10 mph
7am-8am: Light drizzle, 43 degrees, NNE 12
8am-9am: Light drizzle, 42 degrees, N 9 mph
9am-10am: Light rain, 42 degrees, NE 9 mph
10am-11am: Light rain, 43 degrees, NNE 12 mph
11am-12pm: Light drizzle, 43 degrees, NE 10 mph
12pm-1pm: Light drizzle, 43 degrees, NNW 9 mph
1pm-2pm: Light drizzle, 42 degrees, NW 8 mph
2pm-3pm: Light drizzle, 42 degrees, NNW 8 mph
3pm-4pm: Light rain, 42 degrees, NNW 8 mph
4pm-5pm: Light rain/Cloudy, 42-41 degrees, N
5 mph -NE 7 mph
2 Atlantic Brant
767 Surf Scoter - 141 N
34 Black Scoter - 4 N
3 Long-tailed Duck - 2 N
27 Red-breasted Merganser - 12 N
164 Red-throated Loon - 129 N
27 Common Loon - 1 N
3030 Northern Gannet - all headed N
7 Double-crested Cormorant - 5 N
1 Great Cormorant - headed N
2 American Oystercatcher
38 Ruddy Turnstone
13 Sanderling - 8 on jetties, 5 N
7 Purple Sandpiper
12 Laughing Gull - all headed N
48 Ring-billed Gull - 7 N
142 Herring Gull - 106 N
1 GLAUCOUS GULL - 1st W
23 Great Black-backed Gull - 7 N
52 Rock Pigeon
1 Fish Crow
19 European Starling
1 Song Sparrow
6 House Sparrow
4427 24 species
Marine Mammals
1 Harbor Seal
Gannets by hours
2006 2005 2004
6am -7am: 81 0 0
7am -8am: 244 39 4
8am -9am: 305 117 61
9am-10am: 1113 92 205
10am-11am: 510 151 109
11am-12pm: 428 99 52
12pm -1pm: 181 262 227
1pm -2pm: 38 211 291
2pm -3pm: 29 581 499
3pm -4pm: 69 318 551
4pm -5pm: 32 18 43
3030 1888 2042
Other birds headed N by hours
6am -7am: 3 Red-throated Loon
3 Laughing Gull
3 Herring Gull
7am -8am: 49 Surf Scoter
4 Black Scoter
4 Red-breasted Merganser
26 Red-throated Loon
7 Laughing Gull
2 Ring-billed Gull
4 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
8am -9am: 50 Surf Scoter
6 Red-throated Loon
5 Ring-billed Gull
22 Herring Gull
5 Great Black-backed Gull
9am-10am: 4 Red-breasted Merganser
3 Red-throated Loon
10 Herring Gull
10am-11am: 42 Surf Scoter
1 Common Loon
1 Great Cormorant
5 Sanderling
17 Herring Gull
11am-12pm: 38 Red-throated Loon
11 Herring Gull
12pm -1pm: 2 Red-breasted Merganser
4 Red-throated Loon
3 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Laughing Gull
14 Herring Gull
1pm -2pm: 10 Red-throated Loon
2 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
2pm -3pm: 1 Red-breasted Merganser
16 Red-throated Loon
1 Laughing Gull
16 Herring Gull
3pm -4pm: 15 Red-throated Loon
7 Herring Gull
4pm -5pm: 1 Red-breasted Merganser
8 Red-throated Loon
3462 birds in 14 species headed N
515pm-550pm - dinner
BJ's On The Water Restaurant, 75th and Bay, Ocean
City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 41-40 degrees, NE 7 mph- NE 5 mph
4 Canada Goose
5 American Black Duck
18 Mallard
2 Bufflehead
4 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Ring-billed Gull
3 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 European Starling
2 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Common Grackle
1 House Sparrow
47 15 species
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com |