Hi all,
Finally finish the yard work today cleared out leafs
all over 1+ acres open lawn less than 10 minutes ago.
It been a long day working on 3 acres yard. Cutting
woods too. Didn't see the grebe at the treatment plant
yesterday but found two geese with orange neck band
with white lettering. Also one snow goose with neck
nband at Greak Oak Pond. All info already sent to Bird
Banding at Patuxent.
11/05/06 - 7am-1010am (very slow except for sparrows)
Elk Neck State Park "Turkey Point Area" Turkey Point
Rd., Elkton, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: Cloudy/Fair, 36-46 degrees, calm- NW 3
42 Canada Goose - flock of 40 headed S
4 Mallard
1 Pied-billed Grebe
10 Double-crested Cormorant - 8 in V-formation S
3 Turkey Vulture - locals
1 Bald Eagle - local
1 Northern Harrier - gray ghost, migrants
6 Sharp-shinned Hawk - migrants
33 Laughing Gull - V-formation headed S
18 Ring-billed Gull
5 Herring Gull
7 Mourning Dove
5 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker
7 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
1 Carolina Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
2 Winter Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
37 Eastern Bluebird
2 Hermit Thrush
106 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
40 European Starling
246 Cedar Waxwing
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee
4 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
332 White-throated Sparrow
69 "Slate-colored" Junco
6 Northern Cardinal
385 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Eastern Meadowlark
41 RUSTY BLACKBIRD - some w/ cowbirds
1 Common Grackle
3 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 Purple Finch
1 House Finch
46 American Goldfinch
1505 47 species
Mammals
8 Gray Squirrel
Butterflies
2 Orange Sulphur
1 Variegated Fritillary
11/05/06 - 1130am-1230pm
Easton Waste Water Treatment Plant, Barkers Landing
Rd., Easton, Talbot Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair/MC, 48-52 degrees, calm
2186 Canada Goose (found two neck bands)
8 Mallard - 2 small pond, 6 big pond
3 Northern Shoveler - drake small pond, 2 big pond
15 Ring-necked Duck - 11 small pond, 4 big pond
3 Bufflehead - 1 drake & 2 hens at big pond
83 Ruddy Duck - 57 small pond, 26 big pond
4 Double-crested Cormorant - headed S
2 Great Blue Heron - 1 big pond, 1 flyby
2 Black Vulture
11 Turkey Vulture
3 Bald Eagle
8 American Coot - 2 small pond, 6 big pond
354 Laughing Gull
39 Ring-billed Gull
17 Herring Gull
4 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Mourning Dove
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 BARN SWALLOW (same birds, seen by others too)
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet - pine trees
7 Eastern Bluebird
64 American Robin
2 Northern Mockingbird
3 AMERICAN PIPIT - other side of big pond
2 Pine Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat - small pond
2 Field Sparrow
5 Savannah Sparrow
7 Song Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
11 "Slate-colored" Junco
2853 31 species
Butterflies
1 Cabbage White
3 Orange Sulphur
1 Variegated Fritillary
Moths
6 Isabella Tiger (Woolly Bear)
11/05/06 - 1235pm-1245pm
Rt 331 Tanyard Marsh, Dover Bridge Rd., Tanyard,
Caroline Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 49 degrees, calm
10 Canada Goose - Talbot & Caroline
8 Mallard - C
15 Green-winged Teal - C
1 Great Blue Heron - C
4 Turkey Vulture - T & C
1 Northern Harrier - female
1 SORA - how rare are they here??, C
20 Laughing Gull - arrived from landfill, T & C
36 Ring-billed Gull - T & C
10 Herring Gull - T & C
1 Great Black-backed Gull - C, taken bath w/ gulls
1 Northern Mockingbird - on wires, C
1 European Starling - T
1 Swamp Sparrow - C
2 Red-winged Blackbird - C
112 15 species
11/05/06 - 105pm-135pm (passerines at stream buffers)
Denton Waste Water Treatment Plant, Legion Rd.,
Denton, Caroline Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 49-52 degrees, calm
615 Canada Goose
10 Mallard
7 Ring-necked Duck
38 Ruddy Duck
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 American Coot
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Brown Thrasher
13 Song Sparrow
4 White-throated Sparrow
2 Northern Cardinal
700 17 species
11/05/06 - 135pm-150pm
Along Rt 404, Denton, Caroline Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 52 degrees, calm
2 Great Blue Heron
35 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle - flyby E
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Blue Jay
3 Eastern Bluebird
23 American Robin - single flock
32 European Starling
7 Cedar Waxwing - single flock flyby
2 Field Sparrow - along road at traffic light
11 Red-winged Blackbird
36 Common Grackle
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
16 American Goldfinch - single flock overhead
178 18 species
11/05/06 - 235pm-3pm
Great Oak Pond, Great Oak Landing Rd, Chestertown,
Kent Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 55-50 degrees, SSW 3 mph- SW 5 mph
4914 Snow Goose (found 1 neck band)
1355 Canada Goose
20 Mallard
6 Green-winged Teal
6 Ring-necked Duck
84 Ruddy Duck
12 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle
8 Killdeer
5 Rock Pigeon
3 Mourning Dove
211 American Robin - flyby
17 Cedar Waxwing - flyby
2 Song Sparrow
3 White-throated Sparrow
3 "Slate-colored" Junco
6650 16 species
11/05/06 - 415pm-515pm
Perryville Community Park, Marion N. Tapp Pkwy, off of
Firestone Rd., Perryville, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny/setting, 51-44 degrees, SE 4 mph- SSE 3
mph
696 Canada Goose
10 Mute Swan
2 Tundra Swan
14 Wood Duck
78 Gadwall
370 American Wigeon
10 American Black Duck
63 Mallard
13 Northern Shoveler
82 Canvasback
41 Redhead
656 Ring-necked Duck
8 Bufflehead - Ches. Bay
1566 Ruddy Duck
400 duck sp. - much farther up, blur in distance
1 Common Loon
146 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Horned Grebe - off point
6 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Bald Eagle
2205 American Coot
55 Ring-billed Gull
16 Herring Gull
56 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Forster's Tern - Ches. Bay
6 Mourning Dove
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Brown Creeper
1 Northern Mockingbird
18 European Starling
2 Chipping Sparrow
10 White-throated Sparrow
3 "Slate-colored" Junco
3 Northern Cardinal
13 Common Grackle
6 American Goldfinch
1 House Sparrow
6566 39 species
Mammals
13 Gray Squirrel
Also 15 feral cats being fed by visitors
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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