Hi all,
Again warm weather are to blame for low # of birds.
I was solo as Sean McCandless is in Texas for work
meeting. Stopped by at NE Comm Park and McDaniel Yacht
Basin on way to Woody's, only 316 gulls including 2
Lessers. This is in other birder's territory.
12/17/06 - 645am-8am
Stemmers Run Wildlife Management Area "Pearce Creek
area" Stemmers Run Rd., Earleville, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: Cloudy/Fair, 31 degrees, calm
Canada Goose - 82 (most flyby)
American Black Duck - 2 (prs.)
Mallard - 2 (prs.)
Hooded Merganser - 2 (prs.)
Great Blue Heron - 3 (1 flyby)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Mourning Dove - 7
Great Horned Owl - 1 (responds to my calling 659am)
Barred Owl - 1 (responds to my calling at 653am)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 5 (3 flyby)
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Winter Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 24
Song Sparrow - 5
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 31
"Slate-colored" Junco - 4
Northern Cardinal - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Rusty Blackbird - 1
SPECIES: 31
TOTAL BIRDS: 208
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1
Red Fox - 1
12/17/06 - 805am-850am
Stemmers Run Wildlife Management Area "Boat Launch
Facility" & along road, Pond Neck Rd., Earleville,
Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair/PC, 31-37 degrees, calm
Canada Goose - 97 (20 flyby)
Lesser Scaup - 6 (4 drakes, 2 hens)
Bufflehead - 1 (hen)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
Northern Harrier - 1 (female)
Ring-billed Gull - 26
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Blue Jay - 5
American Crow - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 15
American Tree Sparrow - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 27
White-throated Sparrow - 8
"Slate-colored" Junco - 52
Northern Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 2
American Goldfinch - 9
SPECIES: 26
TOTAL BIRDS: 278
12/17/06 - 9am-945am
Along Buttonwood Beach Rd/Cabin John Rd, Earleville,
Cecil Co., MD (private, had granted permission)
WEATHER: PC, 38-42 degrees, SW 8 mph
Canada Goose - 207 (190 in farm pond)
CACKLING "RICHARDSON'S" GOOSE - 1 (farm pond)
Mallard- 19 (farm pond)
Turkey Vulture - 7
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 72
Song Sparrow - 8
White-throated Sparrow - 18
"Slate-colored" Junco - 8
Northern Cardinal - 5
Purple Finch - 1
House Finch - 9
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 372
12/17/06 - 950am-1045am
Earleville Wildlife Management Area, Fingerboard
Schoolhouse Rd., Earleville, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 42-47 degrees, SW 8 mph
Canada Goose - 3
Turkey Vulture - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
RING-NECKED PHEASANT - 1 (hen)
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Horned Lark - 11 (Fingerboard SchHse Rd near Glebe Rd)
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Pipit - 1 (w/ horned lark)
Field Sparrow - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 11
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 6
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 5
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 23
TOTAL BIRDS: 68
MAMMALS
Woodchunk - 1
12/17/06 - 1045am-1125am
Along Mill Ln., Earleville, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 47-51 degrees, SW 8 mph- WSW 8 mph
Snow Goose - 1729 (in 20 flocks headed SWW)
Canada Goose - 148 (93 w/ snow geese)
Turkey Vulture - 4
Bald Eagle - 2 (adults)
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
American Kestrel - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Mourning Dove - 32
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Horned Lark - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 217
Common Grackle - 3002 (flocks of 2116 & 886 in fields)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 60
SPECIES: 24
TOTAL BIRDS: 5217
12/17/06 - 1125am-155pm
Along Cherry Grove Rd., Earleville, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: PC/Fair, 51-54 degrees, WSW 8 mph- SSW 8 mph
Canada Goose - 18
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Bald Eagle - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (private feeders)
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 1 (private feeders)
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 9
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 6
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 12
Northern Cardinal - 2
House Finch - 4
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 36
TOTAL BIRDS: 105
MAMMALS
Gray Squireel - 6
12/17/06 - 2pm-245pm
Village of Hacks Point/Bohemia River Bridge Marina,
Glebe Rd., Farmdale rd., Park Ln., & Hacks Point Rd.,
Hacks Point, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 54-55 degrees, SSW 8 mph- SSW 10 mph
Canada Goose - 4
Mute Swan - 2
Mallard - 29
Common Merganser - 1 (hen)
Ruddy Duck - 1 (hen)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Bald Eagle - 2 (adults)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 76
Herring Gull - 3
Great Black-backed Gull - 4
Rock Pigeon - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
House Finch - 1
House Sparrow - 3
SPECIES: 21
TOTAL BIRDS: 146
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 4
TOTAL OVERALL
Snow Goose - 1729
Canada Goose - 559
CACKLING "RICHARDSON'S" GOOSE - 1
Mute Swan - 2
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 50
Lesser Scaup - 6
Bufflehead - 1
Hooded Merganser - 2
Common Merganser - 1
Ruddy Duck - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Great Blue Heron - 5
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 18
Bald Eagle - 7 (all adults)
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 5
American Kestrel - 1
Ring-necked Pheasant - 1
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 113
Herring Gull - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 7
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 41
Great Horned Owl - 1
Barred Owl - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 7
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 11
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 14
American Crow - 17
Horned Lark - 13
Carolina Chickadee - 9
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 4
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6
Eastern Bluebird - 8
Hermit Thrush - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 15
European Starling - 114
American Pipit - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 9
Eastern Towhee - 1
American Tree Sparrow - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Field Sparrow - 3
Savannah Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 55
Swamp Sparrow - 4
White-throated Sparrow - 74
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 79
Northern Cardinal - 24
Red-winged Blackbird - 233
Rusty Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 3004
Brown-headed Cowbird - 60
Purple Finch - 1
House Finch - 14
American Goldfinch - 12
House Sparrow - 3
SPECIES: 74 (82 in 2005)
TOTAL BIRDS: 6394 (11541 in 2005)
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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