Observations at Sandy Point State Park
December 31, 2006
0500 - 1800
Weather: AM: cloudy, 30 degrees, N 10 K; PM: sunny, 40 degrees, E 3 K
Observers: Dave Mozurkewich, Gene Scarpulla, Marcia Watson
(Part of the Annapolis/Gibson Island Christmas Bird Count)

*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 358
Mallard - 21
Greater Scaup - 214
Long-tailed Duck - 9
Bufflehead - 39
Common Goldeneye - 18
Common Merganser - 5
Red-breasted Merganser - 2
*RED-THROATED LOON - 1
Common Loon - 2
*NORTHERN GANNET - 1 (south of Bay Bridge; seen from South Beach)
Double-crested Cormorant - 155
Black Vulture - 5
Turkey Vulture - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Peregrine Falcon - 1
*VIRGINIA RAIL - 4
Bonaparte's Gull - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 86
Herring Gull - 193
Great Black-backed Gull - 156
Mourning Dove - 4
*EASTERN SCREECH-OWL - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 6
American Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Carolina Wren - 9
Winter Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 8
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 71
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 18
Cedar Waxwing - 26
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 17
White-throated Sparrow - 48
Dark-eyed Junco - 98 (Slate-colored)
*PINK-SIDED JUNCO - 1 (in junco flock along woods edge at South Beach)
Northern Cardinal - 18
Red-winged Blackbird - 28
Brown-headed Cowbird - 90
House Finch - 18
American Goldfinch - 5


Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland