We arrived in West Ocean City on Friday, right around lunch-time.  By the end of the day we had accumulated the following species in our yard and neighborhood:
 
Canada Goose              8
Mallard                   7
Cattle Egret              3
Ring-billed Gull          3
Herring Gull              9
Blue Jay                  3
Purple Martin            18
Tree Swallow              3
Barn Swallow             25
House Wren                1
American Robin            6
Gray Catbird              3
Northern Mockingbird      1
European Starling        18
Northern Cardinal         4
Red-winged Blackbird      7
Common Grackle            8
Boat-tailed Grackle       6
House Finch               6
American Goldfinch        5
 
 
On Saturday, we added these:
 
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Great Egret               1
Green Heron               1
Glossy Ibis               1
Turkey Vulture            3
Osprey                    2
Clapper Rail              5
Willet                    2
Least Sandpiper           3
Laughing Gull             7
Mourning Dove             3
Chuck-will's-widow        5
Belted Kingfisher         1
Downy Woodpecker          1
Fish Crow                 5
Brown-headed Nuthatch     2
Carolina Wren             2
Blackpoll Warbler         1
Common Yellowthroat       1
Song Sparrow              3
Brown-headed Cowbird      5
 
 
And on Sunday we rounded out the list with these species:
 
Great Blue Heron          1
Semipalmated Plover       5
Killdeer                  1
Greater Yellowlegs        2
Spotted Sandpiper         4
Semipalmated Sandpiper    1
Red-bellied Woodpecker    2
Northern Flicker          1
Tufted Titmouse           1
Chipping Sparrow          2
House Sparrow             3
 
 
Saturday, about 3:00, Fran saw the e-mail from Mark Hoffman so we high-tailed it to South Point, where we had the following species along Newport Bay Road:
 
Canada Goose              8
Pied-billed Grebe         1
Great Egret               1
Glossy Ibis              40
WHITE-FACED IBIS          1
Turkey Vulture            3
Killdeer                  3
Spotted Sandpiper         3
Eastern Wood-Pewee        1
Eastern Kingbird          1
Fish Crow                10
Tufted Titmouse           1
Carolina Wren             1
American Robin           12
European Starling        35
Chipping Sparrow          1
Common Grackle           20
 
 
Thanks, Mark, for the new state/county/year species!  Few and far between these days.  We came back Sunday morning but we could only locate about 25 ibis and they were all far enough from the road that we were unable to see if any of them were the White-faced. Here are the species we did get here this morning:
 
Canada Goose             12
Glossy Ibis              25
Bald Eagle                1
Northern Flicker          1
Eastern Wood-Pewee        1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Red-eyed Vireo            1
Purple Martin            10
Carolina Chickadee        1
Tufted Titmouse           3
American Robin           15
European Starling        25
Chipping Sparrow          1
Northern Cardinal         1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak    1
Indigo Bunting            1
Red-winged Blackbird      6
House Sparrow             1
 
 
We’ll be down here a few more days—if we do relocate the bird we’ll get the word out as soon as possible.
 
Best,
Norm & Fran Saunders
West Ocean City, MD