Hi Everyone,
I had some extra hours in at work from last week, so I decided to play hookie and cruise around the Eastern Shore again today. I started at Black Walnut Point in Talbot Co., where migration activity wasn't mind-blowing, but enough to keep me interested. I then worked a loop through Talbot, Dorchester, Caroline, and Queen Anne's Counties. I found expected shorebirds at some of the reliable spots, but nothing terribly exciting. Probably most noteworthy were the two flock of BOBOLINKS (~40) that flew by at Blackwater.
Here's a rundown... and here are some fun photos: http://www.billhubick.com.
Black Walnut Point, Talbot Co.
Black Scoter--1 pair
DC Cormorant--500+
Forster's Tern--50+
Common Tern--3
RT Hummingbird--8
Great Crested Flycatcher--3
Eastern Kingbird--5
Red-eyed Vireo--5
Purple Martin--20
Brown-headed Nuthatch--3
Pine Warbler--1
American Redstart--2
Northern Waterthrush--1
Baltimore Oriole--13
Lowe's Wharf Road, Talbot Co.
Caspian Tern--2
Spring Road, Talbot Co.
High water and overgrown. Nada... 100 Mallards.
Blackwater NWR, Dorchester Co.
Great Egret--20
Snowy Egret--1
Little Blue Heron--1
Killdeer--1
Greater Yellowlegs--12
Lesser Yellowlegs--1
Spotted Sandpiper--2
Least Sandpiper--20
Freaky juvenile starling--1 (photos)
BOBOLINK--40
Hurlock WWTP, Dorchester Co. (with permission)
Canada Goose--300
Ruddy Duck--3
Laughing Gull--800
Killdeer--25
Greater Yellowlegs--1
Solitary Sandpiper--5
Spotted Sandpiper--5
Semipalmated Sandpiper--1
Least Sandpiper--20
Barn Swallow--300
Bank Swallow--20
Nearby Turf Farm (Rte. 331)
Killdeer...
Tanyard Marsh, Caroline Co.
Wood Duck--5
Common Moorhen--2
Caspian Tern--2
Forster's Tern--3
Killdeer--10
Semipalmated Plover--1
Least Sandpiper--100
Semipalmated Sandpiper--10
Hog Creek Road, Caroline Co.
American Kestrel--1
Rte. 309 ponds (Pemberton Manor and pond south of it), Queen Anne's Co.
Wood Duck--2
Killdeer--10
Semipalmated Plover--1
Yellowlegs--20
Solitary Sandpiper--2
Pectoral Sandpiper--20
Semipalmated Sandpiper--30
Least Sandpiper--200
Ruff ??? - Thought I had Matt and Zach's bird, but it vanished into the grass before I was sure...
Short-billed Dowitcher--1
John Brown Road, Queen Anne's Co.
Heard one Killdeer...
Have a good one!
Bill
Bill Hubick
Elkridge, MD
bill_hubick AT yahoo.com
http://www.billhubick.com
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