Hi all,



   Sorry I'm late. I was enjoying a day off from
birding today, staying dry and doing chores at home
and later running two medic calls. Everyone was very
happy to find many of their target birds yesterday.
One of the amazing thing happens was seeing a resting
flock of 597 gannets on Somerset County line just
beyond the old navy ship and as we creep in closer,
many took flight and starting doing feeding frenzy and
diving nearby right in front of our eyes. Couple
birders took many shots of it. Mixed in the feeding
frenzy was a adult Lesser Black-backed Gull seen
briefy by two observers and 3 Common Loons joined in.


04/14/07 - 925am-1105am & 230pm-315pm
Point Lookout State Park "Lake Conoy Boat Launch
Facility" & cruise, Point Lookout Rd., Scotland, St.
Mary's Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 50-52 degrees, variable 4 mph- WSW 6 mph
         MC/light rain, 50-48 degrees, WSW 11- WSW 10
COORDINATOR: Pete Webb
OBSERVERS: 18

Greater Scaup - 1
Surf Scoter - 31 (30 returned trip)
White-winged Scoter - 4 (returned trip)
Bufflehead - 11
Red-throated Loon - 1
Common Loon - 35
Horned Grebe - 12 (causeway past entrance)
Northern Gannet - 115
Brown Pelican - 29
Double-crested Cormorant - 347 (313 at pound nets)
Great Blue Heron - 20
Osprey - 3
Bald Eagle - 3 (2 ad & one nearly fledged on nest) 
Merlin - 1
Laughing Gull - 2
Bonaparte's Gull - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Herring Gull - 16
Great Black-backed Gull - 29
Mourning Dove - 1
Tree Swallow - 28 (headed north over bay)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 16 (headed north over bay)
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
SPECIES: 25
TOTAL BIRDS: 695

04/14/07 - 1105am-230pm
Smith Island & cruise, Smith Island Rd., Ewell,
Somerset Co., MD

WEATHER: PC/light rain, WSW 6 mph- WSW 10 mph
COORDINATOR: Pete Webb 
OBSERVERS: 18

American Black Duck - 16
Mallard - 11
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Green-winged Teal - 22
Surf Scoter - 2
Black Scoter - 2
Bufflehead - 18
Red-throated Loon - 1
Common Loon - 75
Northern Gannet - 616 (597 at feeding frenzy)
Double-crested Cormorant - 69
Great Blue Heron - 17
Great Egret - 15
Snowy Egret - 3
Little Blue Heron - 2
Tricolored Heron - 5
Green Heron - 1
Yellow-crowned Night Heron - 5
Glossy Ibis - 26
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 4
Northern Harrier - 3
Clapper Rail - 7 (most calling)
Black-bellied Plover - 6
American Oystercatcher - 8
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Willet - 5
Sanderling - 2
Purple Sandpiper - 9
Dunlin - 67
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Herring Gull - 47
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 (ad., w/ feeding frenzy)
Great Black-backed Gull - 58
Common Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 7
Rock Pigeon - 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Fish Crow - 17
Purple Martin - 3
Tree Swallow - 8 (headed north over bay)
Barn Swallow - 19 (some over bay headed north)
Carolina Wren - 1
European Starling - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 1 (yellow)
Savannah Sparrow - 4
Seaside Sparrow - 15
Song Sparrow - 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 13
Common Grackle - 13
Boat-tailed Grackle - 28
House Sparrow - 15
SPECIES: 55 (66 species total)
TOTAL BIRDS: 1298 (1993 total)

MARINE CREATURES
Mummichug - 54
Marsh Periwinkle - 188
C. Spider Crab - 1 (young, caught by YC Night Heron)


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
    




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