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Queen Annes County Birds for 9 - 4 - 06

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danny poet

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danny poet

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Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:50:47 -0400

Hi all  as I could not get out birding till 9 - 4  because of yard work this 
weekend  due  1 tree and lots of small twigs, limbs , leaves etc  from  the 
storm  took  care of that block of time   I was hoping   for left over storm 
  birds  after some of the Md Osprey postings  some highlights

Central Sod farm  Queenstown   Not much happing  here so far this year

Laughing Gull    25
killdeer  15
pectoral Sandpiper  2
Peep species     4
Semipalmated   Plover 2
Horned Lark   12
Crow species     8
Barn Swallow    12


Kent Narrows     some of these birds may have been somewhat  storm related

Royal   Tern      3     sitting on piers and some near by rocks
Caspian    Tern     at least 20   sitting on  a building roof  included  
some young of the year still  begging from  adults

Forster Terns    44 +
Common  Terns   2

Also the usaual asortment of gulls

Terriapin Park  Kent island

I decided to do a bit of a sea watch here but    did not come up with 
anything  off the wall . I had a bit  more luck with some migrants  on the 
trails

DC Cormorant   15
Wood Duck     4
Greater Blackbacked Gulls    several
Herring Gulls    3
Caspian Terns   4   several flybys
Forsters Terns     dozens in the bay feeding
Green Heron    1
Snowy Egret  1
Eastern  Wood Pewee   1
Eastern kingbird       4     including one  young bird begging from an adult 
  but did not see it get fed
Gnatcatcher       1 or 2
Black and white  warbler    1
Redstart       1 yellow female type  or immature
Baltimore Oriole     1
Common yellow Throat   3
Osprey   5
Bald Eagle  adult  1
Black Vulture    4
Carolina  Chickadee    1
Tufted Titmouse      1
Red eyed Vireo     2  feeding in the trees
Robins      12 +
Mocker    2
Cardinal   several

A quick stop at the cheaspeake Bay Enivronmental center in Grasonville on 
the way home produced

Great  Egret     several
Snowy Egret     several
Little  Blue Heron   2        Heron and Egret numbers seemed low compared to 
other recent visits
Greater yellow  Leggs     2  no other shorebirds could be found
Bald Eagle   1 adult flyover
Flicker   2
Robins 6
Redstart  1 immature  male
Cardinal    2
Song Sparrow 1

I had hoped to find  some Black Terns In QA county as they seemed to be 
widespread  no luck though.  Also hoped to find  some Sooty tern or other 
Hurricane goodies  but no luck  .




Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Md