Hi all,
Sorry I'm late. Warm weather forced me to go outside to do
some serious spring cleaning till almost dark. A lot of
work across 3 acres yard.
03/25/07 - 645am-705am
West Ocean City Pond/Riggin Ridge Pond, Golf Course
Rd./Riggin Ridge Rd., West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 46-47 degrees, N 8 mph
Canada Goose - 12
Wood Duck - 5
Gadwall - 19
American Wigeon - 5
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 48
Northern Shoveler - 17
Northern Pintail - 10
Green-winged Teal - 8
Canvasback - 6
Ring-necked Duck - 4
Lesser Scaup - 1
Hooded Merganser - 8
Ruddy Duck - 7
American Bittern - 1 (Riggen Ridge Pond)
Great Blue Heron - 3
Black-crowned Night Heron - 3
American Coot - 6
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 4
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 24
TOTAL BIRDS: 178
03/25/07 - 730am-810am
Pocomoke River State Park "Shad Landing Area" Worcester
Hwy (Rt 113) Snow Hill, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 46 degrees, N 5 mph- N 7 mph
Canada Goose - 2 (marina)
Wood Duck - 1
Mallard - 2
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 16
Bald Eagle - 1 (roadside field on Rt 113, N of entrance)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1 (same as eagle)
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Fish Crow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Carolina Wren - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Golden-crowned KInglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7
Pine Warbler - 2
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 37 (most at entrance)
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 6
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 (imm., w/ chippers)
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 (fields on Rt 113, N of entrance)
Common Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 34
TOTAL BIRDS: 112
*On way to Shelltown area along Rehoboth Rd between Vessey
Orchard Rd and Shelltown Rd in Somerset County were streams
of gull/tern flocks headed NE: 29 Laughing Gull, 5
Bonaparte's Gull, 33 Ring-billed Gull, 1 Herring Gull and
3 Forster's Terns.
03/25/07 - 830am-9am
Back roads of Shelltown/Marumsco area, Back Shelltown Rd./
Shelltown Rd./Williams Point Rd., Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 49-51 degrees, NNE 12 mph- NNE 15 mph
Canada Goose - 2
Greater Scaup - 39 (Shelltown public boat ramp)
Double-crested Cormorant - 3 (Shelltown public boat ramp)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 16
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Virginia Rail - 1 (Marumsco Rd bridge, low tide)
Laughing Gull - 7 (flyby headed NE)
Herring Gull - 2 (Shelltown public boat ramp)
Great Black-backed Gull - 1 (same as above)
Forster's Tern - 1 (same as above)
Mourning Dove - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Horned Lark - 1
Tree Swallow - 5
Brown-headed Nutahtch - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Winter Wren - 1
Marsh Wren - 1
Hermit Thrush - 3
American Robin - 2
European Starling - 17
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (singing along Back Shelltown,
W of Williams Pt)
Pine Warbler - 9
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 4
Northern Cardinal - 28
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 5
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 1 (near boat ramp)
SPECIES: 38
TOTAL BIRDS: 175
REPTILES
Red-bellied Turtle - 1
Snapping Turtle - 1 (refuse to move off road, kept snapped
at my stick)
AMPHIBIANS
Green Frog - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 2
Orange Sulphur - 1
03/25/07 - 915am-940am
Rumbly Point, Rumbly Point Rd./Wilson Point Rd., Marion,
Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 52-54 degrees, NNE 15 mph
American Black Duck - 1
Surf Scoter - 2
Bufflehead - 2
Hooded Merganser - 2
Ruddy Duck - 4
Horned Grebe - 2
Red-necked Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 1
Northern Harrier - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Wilson's Snipe - 1
American Woodcock - 1 (5 minutes moonwalking on unpaved rd)
Laughing Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 4
Forster's Tern - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
American Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
European Starling - 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 11
Pine Warbler - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Seaside Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 18
Eastern Meadowlark - 2
Boat-tailed Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
SPECIES: 42
TOTAL BIRDS: 106
REPTILES
Northern Black Racer - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 1
03/25/07 - 1025am-1045am
Mardela Springs area (mill pond, boat ramp and flooded
fields), Barren Creek Rd./Athol Rd./Bridge St., Mardela
Springs, Wicomico Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 54-55 degrees, NE 11 mph- NE 9 mph
Canada Goose - 15 (Barren Creek Mill Pond)
Tundra Swan - 43 (nearby Howard Sand & Gravel Co. on Rt 50)
Wood Duck - 1 (drake, Barren Creek Mill Pond)
Mallard - 2 (Barren Creek Mill Pond)
Green-winged Teal - 4 (Barren Creek Mill Pond)
Ring-necked Duck - 17 (Barren Creek Mill Pond)
Bufflehead - 2 (boat ramp at unknown name pond)
Common Goldeneye - 1 (hen, same as above)
Ruddy Duck - 1 (hen, same as above)
Great Blue Heron - 1 (Barren Creek Mill Pond)
Turkey Vulture - 6
Bald Eagle - 1
Killdeer - 2 (Athol Rd. before Taylor Trail)
Greater Yellowlegs - 3 (same as above)
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2 (same as above)
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
American Robin - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 11
Pine Warbler - 1 (Barren Creek Mill Pond)
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 18
SPECIES: 23
TOTAL BIRDS: 140
REPTILES
Snapping Turtle - 1
03/25/07 - 11am-1225pm
Lecompte Wildlife Management Area, Steele Neck Rd., Vienna,
Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 54-55 degrees, NE 11 mph- ENE 8 mph
Gadwall - 1
Mallard - 5
Green-winged Teal - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Bald Eagle - 4 (3 adults, 1 2nd W)
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3
Horned Lark - 2 (nearby fields)
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 1
American Pipit - 1 (unpaved road near wetlands area)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6
Pine Warbler - 4
Song Sparrow - 7
"Slate-colored" Junco - 3
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 62 (3 males, 59 females, on ground)
Rusty Blackbird - 3 (w/ grackles)
Common Grackle - 55
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
SPECIES: 31
TOTAL BIRDS: 191
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 1
AMPHIBIANS
Southern Leopard Frog - 4
Bullfrog - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 3
Orange Sulphur - 2
Question Mark - 2
Mourning Cloak - 1
03/25/07 - 105pm-205pm
Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Audubon Dr., Easton, Talbot
Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny/Fair, 55-59 degrees, E 13 mph- NNE 5 mph
Canada Goose - 4
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall - 2
American Black Duck - 5
Mallard - 6
Green-winged Teal - 19
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
American Coot - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 5
Horned Lark - 1 (Rabbit Hill Rd.)
Tree Swallow - 11
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 23
American Robin - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Field Sparrow - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 15
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 38
TOTAL BIRDS: 136
MAMMALS
Delmarva Fox Squirrel (row of pines along Sharp Rd)
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD (Apr)
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