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Assateague Island SP & NS, 09/22/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:02:24 -0700

Hi all,


   My father had a one day conference for the state in
O.C. and gave me a chance to go birding for at least 5
hrs. South winds didn't bring that much flight but it
was nice to see several sp. of warblers in closeup
view among pine trees. I probably had same Lark
Sparrow from double H's or the Borderick's. It was
feeding along gravel bits on northbound lane of
Bayberry Dr., 1/2 mile south of bridge.
  On way home via Rt 404, had one Palm Warbler of
unknown race along wire in Caroline County.  


09/22/06 - 830am-245pm
Assateague Island State Park/Assateague Island
National Seashore, Bayberry Dr., Berlin, Worcester
Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 59-72 degrees, S 5 mph- SSE 12 mph

   2  American Black Duck - Bayside/Inland
  18  Brown Pelican - all over ocean
  11  Double-crested Cormorant - 1 pt, 2 ferry lndg.. 
   3  Great Blue Heron
  11  Great Egret - 3 along road on dead snag
   1  Snowy Egret
   9  Little Blue Heron - 3 ad. & 6 imm.
   4  Tricolored Heron - 1 Life of Marsh Trail
   2  Cattle Egret - flyby S, Bayside/Inland Loop C
   2  Black Vulture - ocean to bay, Bayside/Point
   6  Turkey Vulture - 4 mainland, seen from point
   4  Osprey - 2 bridge area, 2 Bayside/Point
   1  Bald Eagle - Bayside/Inland Loop B
   3  Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 Bayside/Point, 1 Inland
   1  Willet - south of bridge
   1  Sanderling - ORV beach, walked 1.5 miles down
 104  Laughing Gull - 61 ORV, rest scattered
  13  Ring-billed Gull - 10 ORV
  41  Herring Gull - 33 ORV
  52  Great Black-backed Gull - 46 ORV
  12  Caspian Tern - ORV, 1.5 miles down
  26  Royal Tern - 3 Bayside/Point, 23 ORV 1.5 miles
   1  Sandwich Tern - 2 miles down
  18  Common Tern - ORV
   2  Forster's Tern - Bayside/Point
   2  Rock Pigeon - Verrazano Bridge
   1  Mourning Dove
   3  Belted Kingfisher - 2 point/inland, 1 bridge 
   2  Red-bellied Woodpecker - over state park toll
 106  Northern Flicker - 93 point, 6 inland, 7 bridge
   5  Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Pt, 2 inland, 1 main yard
   1  Least Flycatcher - Bayside/Inland Loop B 
   4  Eastern Phoebe - 2 Bayside/Inland, 2 behind V.C.
   2  White-eyed Vireo - 1 Inland, 1 near woodland tr
   1  Blue-headed Vireo - Bayside/Point
  13  Red-eyed Vireo - 12 Bayside/Point, 1 Inland
   3  Fish Crow - heard calling at Ferry Landing
  73  Tree Swallow - most headed S
   3  Carolina Wren - 1 point, 2 inland
   1  House Wren - Inland Loop B
   2  Ruby-crowned Kinglet - between point & inland
   4  American Robin - Inland Loop
  44  Gray Catbird - 2 main. yard, 16 point, 26 inland
   4  Brown Thrasher - 2 inland, 1 bridge, 1 main yard
   6  European Starling - V.C.
  38  Cedar Waxwing - 32 Bayside/Pt, 6 Bayside/Inland
   2  Northern Parula - Bayside/Point
   1  Chestnut-sided Warbler - Bayside/Point
  10  Magnolia Warbler - Bayside/Point
   5  Cape May Warbler - Bayside/Point
   2  Black-throated Blue Warbler - Bayside/Inland
   1  Yellow-rumped Warbler - only 1??, bayside/point
   8  Black-throated Green Warbler
   1  Blackburnian Warbler - near Inland Loop A
   1  Pine Warbler - Bayside/Point near Loop C
   2  Prairie Warbler - between point and loop C
   8  Palm Warbler - all western, point into inland
   6  Black-and-white Warbler - Bayside/Point
   2  American Redstart
   1  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Wilson's Warbler - Bayside/Point
  62  warbler sp. - Bayside/Point, high flyers N
   2  Scarlet Tanager - 1 point, 1 Inland Loop A
   2  Eastern Towhee - Bayside/Inland Loop B & C
   1  Chipping Sparrow
   4  Field Sparrow
   1  LARK SPARROW - along Bayberry Dr., S of bridge 
   4  Northern Cardinal - 3 Bayside/Inland, 1 point
   2  Rose-breasted Grosbeak - one each point & inland
   4  Indigo Bunting - 1 point, 3 inland
   3  Bobolink - Bayside/Point
  86  Red-winged Blackbird - 2 flocks headed to main.
  10  Boat-tailed Grackle - single flock S, Bay/Point
   6  Baltimore Oriole - 4 point, 2 inland Loop C
   7  House Finch - along Bayberry Dr.
 911  74 species

Mammals
    6  Sika Deer
   15  Wild Ponies

Marine Mammals
   18  Bottle-nosed Dolphin

Butterflies
 158  Monarch
   1  Orange Sulphur
  13  Cloudless Sulphur
   6  Common Buckeye

Dragonflies
   7  Black Saddlebags
   6  Seaside Dragonlet

Saltwater Fishes
  32  Mummichog
7000+ minnows sp. - very tiny

Marine Invertebrates
   2  Marsh Periwinkle
   1  Atlantic Mole Crab
   1  Blue Crab - juv.
  18  Ghost Crab - all juv., along ORV dry sand 2
miles 
                   one way 
                   

          Kevin Graff
          Jarrettsville, MD
          


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