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Franklin's Gull continues in Dorchester; other Shore highlights (photos)

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Bill Hubick

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Bill Hubick

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Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:18:51 -0700

Hi Everyone,

I spent a good weekend birding on the Eastern Shore with Hans Holbrook. Jim Brighton provided shelter and joined us for Friday night refreshments, and my girlfriend Becky joined us in donating blood to Assateague's mosquitos on Saturday. Aside from the FRANKLIN'S GULL at Indiantown Road, our highlights were warblers, JAEGER SP. from the ORV zone, seven BROWN PELICANs in Wicomico, and PEREGRINE FALCON in Worcester, Wicomico, and Dorchester. Here are a few photos from the weekend, including the Franklin's Gull: http://billhubick.com/new_set.html.

And here's the rundown... 

Oxford waterfront, Talbot Co. (9/22) - Me, Hans, Becky, Jim

Black-crowned Night-heron--1 adult

Assateague Causeway, Worcester Co. (9/23) - Me, Hans, Becky

Great Egret--60
Snowy Egret--10

Overheating on the ORV zone, Assateague Island, Worcester Co. (9/23) - Me, Hans, Becky

Brown Pelicans--100+, dozens of small flocks moving generally south
Merlin--1
Peregrine Falcon--1
Black-bellied Plover--20
Ruddy Turnstone--15
Sanderling--500+
JAEGER SP.--1; distant; took too long to get a scope on it; almost certainly Parasitic
Lesser Black-backed Gulls--at least 3; we didn't try very hard
Caspian Tern--4
Royal Tern--60
Sandwich Tern--2
Forster's Tern--20
Non-avian: Bottlenose Dolphins (~10)

Indiantown Road, Dorchester Co. (9/23) - Me, Hans, Becky

Merlin--1
Lesser Yellowlegs--4
Laughing Gulls--1000+ 
Great Crested Flycatcher--1
Confusing Pine Warbler--1
Ovenbird--1

Athol Road, Wicomico Co. (9/24) - Hans and me only on 9/24

Killdeer--4
Lesser Yellowlegs--1
Red-eyed Vireo--2
Black-throated Blue Warbler--1 female
Black-throated Green Warbler--2
Black-and-white Warbler--1
American Redstart--2

Stream crossing near Quantico, Wicomico Co. (9/24) 

Eastern Phoebe--2 
White-eyed Vireo--2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak--1
Indigo Bunting--1

Roaring Point and vicinity, Wicomico Co. (9/24)

BROWN PELICAN--7; 1 adult and 6 imm.
DC Cormorant--50+
Osprey--2
Royal Tern--60
Forster's Tern--5
Scarlet Tanager--1

Jesterville Flats, Wicomico Co. (9/24)

Snowy Egret--1
Peregrine Falcon--1
Killdeer--2
Marsh Wren--2

Cedar Hill Park and Marina, Wicomico Co. (9/24)

Merlin--1
Royal Tern--100+
Forster's Tern--1
Fish Crow--10; successful kleptoparasitism of begging young Royal Terns 
CAPE MAY WARBLER--3

Wetipquin Park, Wicomico Co. (9/24)

Snowy Egret--1
Virginia Rail--2 heard
Sora--1 heard
Large rail sp.--1 heard
House Wren--1
Marsh Wren--1

Royal Oak Rd. (marshy area), Wicomico Co. (9/24)

Wood Duck--5

Indiantown Rd., Dorchester Co. (9/24)

Laughing Gull--1000+
FRANKLIN'S GULL--1

Kraft Neck Rd., Dorchester Co. (9/24)

White-eyed Vireo--2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--2
Northern Parula--1 
Pine Warbler--3
Common Yellowthroat--2
Non-avian: Yellow-legged Meadowhawk (2); Cloudless Sulphurs (still widespread)

Decoursey Rd., Dorchester Co. (9/24)

Killdeer--8
Semipalmated Plover--2
Non-avian: Sleepy Orange

Blackwater NWR, Dorchester Co. (9/24)

Peregrine Falcon--1
Bobolink--heard
Non-avian: 3 or 4 Bronzed Coppers on goldenrod at end of Wildlife Loop.

John Hanson Rd., Queen Anne's Co. (9/24)

Semipalmated Plover--7
Lesser Yellowlegs--1

Bay Bridge

300+ Laughing Gulls in a frenzy over apparent shoal of baitfish--pretty neat

Sandy Point SP from the Bay Bridge at 60 mph

Caspian Tern--20

Have a great week!

Bill

Bill Hubick
Elkridge, MD
bill_hubick AT yahoo.com
http://www.billhubick.com