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
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