Hi all,



02/11/07 - 715am-1210pm
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Eastern Neck
Rd., Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD
(N Narrows, BPT Boxes Pt Tr, BW Bogles Wharf)

WEATHER: Sunny/Fair, 17-30 degrees, NNW 4 mph- SW 4  
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 4772 (2485 BW)
CACKLING "RICHARDSON'S" GOOSE - 1 (N)
Tundra Swan - 368
American Black Duck - 1057 (826 BW)
Mallard - 1528 (1377 BW)
Northern Pintail - 17
Canvasback - 159
Greater Scaup - 2882 
Lesser Scaup - 688 (668 BW)
scaup sp. - 838 (most in distance in shimmer)
Bufflehead - 123
Common Goldeneye - 491
Common Merganser - 1 (drake flyby)
Red-breasted Merganser - 9
Ruddy Duck - 6
Great Blue Heron - 4
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 9   
Bald Eagle - 41 (15 BPT, 12 BW, rest on ice elsewhere)
Northern Harrier - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 46
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 17
Mourning Dove - 3
Great Horned Owl - 1 (before others arrive)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 6
American Crow - 3
crow sp. - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 31
Tufted Titmouse - 5
Carolina Wren - 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 83
Northern Mockingbird - 5
European Starling - 1 (over Rt 455)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Eastern Towhee - 2
Field Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 8
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 72
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 36
"Slate-colored" Junco - 7
Northern Cardinal - 11
Red-winged Blackbird - 146
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 54
TOTAL BIRDS: 13,527

MAMMALS
Red Fox - 2 (1 on Rt 455)

02/11/07 - 1230pm-235pm
Chesapeake Farms (including private driving tour, has
granted permission. not open to public!!) 

WEATHER: Fair, 30-33 degrees, SW 8 mph- S 12 mph 
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 177
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 448
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 4
Bald Eagle - 2
Northern Harrier - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 4 
American Coot - 4
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 6
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 4
Field Sparrow - 3
Savannah Sparrow - 3
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 57
Swamp Sparrow - 9
White-throated Sparrow - 29
White-crowned Sparrow - 39 (14, 2 and 23)
Northern Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 2166 (6 flocks w/ grackles)
Common Grackle - 568 (plus 28,000+)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 31
TOTAL BIRDS: 31,552+

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1

02/11/07 - 250pm-350pm
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage "Skinner Necks - private
farm" Crosby Rd., near Langford Dr., Rock Hall, Kent
Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 36 degrees, S 10 mph- SSW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 36 (flock of 19 & 17)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 2 (along road)
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1 (along road)
Field Sparrow - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 52
Swamp Sparrow - 33
White-throated Sparrow - 11
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
SPECIES: 23 (61 species total, 74 sp. in 2006)
TOTAL BIRDS: 167 (45,246+ total, 26,004 in 2006)

59.5 miles by car         3 hrs by car
5.50 miles by foot


      Kevin Graff
      Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD (Mar 2007)
      





 
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