Hi all,
Yesterday Blackwater trip led by Sean McCandless and 4 observers had a great day with 88 species seen, the best being a light phase Rough-legged Hawk in a good view before disappear along Elliot Island Rd, 62 Wild Turkeys, 5 in Talbot and 57 in Dorchester in three locations, three falcon-day, many Pine Warblers and Brown-headed Nuthatches.
03/17/07 - 745am-810am
Non-stop roadside birding along Rt 50, Easton, Talbot Co., MD
WEATHER: MC/PC, 30 degrees, NW 16 mph- NW 15 mph
Canada Goose - 36
Mallard - 2
Greater Scaup - 2
Surf Scoter - 8
Wild Turkey - 5
Common Loon - 1
Turkey Vulture - 5
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1 (returned trip)
Laughing Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 45 (5 bridge)
Great Black-backed Gull - 3 (bridge)
Rock Pigeon - 5
Mourning Dove - 2
American Robin - 24
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 21
Red-winged Blackbird - 21
Common Grackle - 18
SPECIES: 21
TOTAL BIRDS: 205
03/17/07 - 815am-830am
Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin, MIll ST., and end of Oakley St., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 32 degrees, WNW 14 mph
Canada Goose - 6
American Wigeon - 11
Mallard - 18
Canvasback - 184
Redhead - 8
Greater Scaup - 6
Lesser Scaup - 38
Surf Scoter - 35
Long-tailed Duck - 4 (2nd trip)
Ruddy Duck - 2
Horned Grebe - 1 (2nd trip)
Turkey Vulture - 1
American Coot - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 25
Herring Gull - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 6
Mourning Dove - 6
Fish Crow - 1
American Robin - 12
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 22
Cedar Waxwing - 4 (w/ goldfinches on corner street)
Common Grackle - 3
American Goldfinch - 11
SPECIES: 25
TOTAL BIRDS: 413
03/17/07 - 845am-105pm
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Key Wallace Dr., Church Creek, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: MC/overcast, 32-34 degrees, WNW 14 mph- WNW 10 mph
Gust 22-24 mph
Canada Goose - 359
Tundra Swan - 119
Gadwall - 6
American Black Duck - 6
Mallard - 56
Northern Shoveler - 87
Northern Pintail - 29
Green-winged Teal - 164
Ring-necked Duck - 14
Common Merganser - 18
Wild Turkey - 29 (2 toms, near Rt 335 bridge)
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Great Blue Heron - 13
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 14
Osprey - 6
Bald Eagle - 27 (17 adults)
Northern Harrier - 8 (2 Bestpitch Ferry Rd)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 Bestpitch Ferry Rd)
American Kestrel - 3
Merlin - 1 (Egypt Rd)
Killdeer - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 13
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
Dunlin - 255
Wilson's Snipe - 7
Laughing Gull - 4 (Bestpitch Ferry Rd)
Ring-billed Gull - 348 (300+ Bestpitch Ferry Rd)
Herring Gull - 1 (1st W)
Forster's Tern - 9
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 2
Fish Crow - 1
crow sp. - 4
Horned Lark - 3 (Bestpitch Ferry Rd)
Tree Swallow - 7
Carolina Chickadee - 9
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 7
Carolina Wren - 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 15
American Robin - 17
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 58
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Pine Warbler - 8
Field Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 4
White-throated Sparrow - 47
"Slate-colored" Junco - 41
Northern Cardinal - 13
Red-winged Blackbird - 44
Common Grackle - 68
Brown-headed Cowbird - 58
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 6
House Sparrow - 3
SPECIES: 65
TOTAL BIRDS: 2056
MAMMALS
Delmarva Fox Squirrel - 1
White-tailed Deer - 1
03/17/07 - 140pm-330pm
Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area "Elliott Island", Elliott Island Rd., Vienna, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast/flurries, 35-34 degrees, NW 18 mph- WNW 17 mph
Gust 25-23 mph
Canada Goose - 10
Mute Swan - 1
Gadwall - 30
American Black Duck - 26
Mallard - 20 (creek)
Blue-winged Teal - 5
Northern Pintail - 5
Green-winged Teal - 18
Lesser Scaup - 3
Bufflehead - 4
Common Goldeneye - 3
Ruddy Duck - 25
Wild Turkey - 26
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 3 (2 adults)
Northern Harrier - 8
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light phase)
American Kestrel - 3
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 3
Dunlin - 1
Wilson's Snipe - 14
Laughing Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 266
Herring Gull - 5
Mourning Dove - 2
American Crow - 3 (field)
Fish Crow - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 48
White-throated Sparrow - 39
"Slate-colored" Junco - 4
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 31
Eastern Meadowlark - 2
Common Grackle - 26
Brown-headed Cowbird - 15
SPECIES: 45
TOTAL BIRDS: 679
555pm-620pm
Non-stop roadside birdng along Rt 301/Rt 213, Chesapeake City, Cecil Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast, WNW 15 mph- WNW 15 mph
Snow Goose - 67 (three flocks headed S)
Canada Goose - 15
Wood Duck - 1 (flyby, Kent Co)
Mallard - 26
Green-winged Teal - 3
Bufflehead - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 79
European Starling - 19
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 22
Common Grackle - 46
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 24 (88 species total)
TOTAL BIRDS: 305 (3658 birds total)
MAMMALS
White-tailed Deer - 16
Afterward, had one pipit at a small mall parking lot on Rt 213, S of Rt 40 in Cecil CO. after being dropped off there.
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD (Apr 2007)
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