My dad and I went to Williams Point state game land in search of the Yellow  
Rail.  we started at 6:00 PM and called it a night at 9:00 PM.  unfortunately 
we didn't see or hear a single Yellow Rail but the birding  was good. the 
birds we saw are listed below. (* is first of year)
5 Ovenbirds
9 Rufous Sided Towhee
17+ Common Yellowthroat Warblers   
*1 Great Crested Flycatchers
30 Blue Gray Gnatcatchers
10 Chipping Sparrows
6 Turkey
41 Red Wing Blackbirds 
5 Rusty Blackbirds
4 Palm Warblers
3 Black and White Warblers
12 Yellow Romped Warblers
4 Indigo Buntings
*3 White Eyed Vireos 
1 Great Egret
1 Great Blue Heron 
1 Yellow Shafted Flicker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
9+ Brown Headed Nuthatches
7 Bald Eagles
5 Cardinals
22 Blue Wing Teals
20 Green Wing Teals
5+ Swamp Sparrows
7+ Sea Side Sparrows
*6 King Rails
*6+ Clapper Rails
*1 American Bittern
8 Purple Martins
6 Tree Swallows 
6 Black Ducks
*1 Black Crown Night Heron
5 Double Crested Cormorants
15+ Laughing Gulls
4 Canada Geese 
2 Blue Birds
1 Red Tailed Hawk
1 Osprey 
25+ Boat Tailed  grackles
2 Willet
12 Killdeer
19 Morning Doves
15+ Gold Finches         
Mammals we saw
White Tailed Tear
Great Brown Bat
Muskrat
Gray Squirrel
reptiles and amphibians we saw
Water Snake
Bull frogs
Toads
Tree Frogs
Spring Peepers 
Leopard Frogs 
Bugs we saw
glow worm 
moths 
ticks ( Lone Star and Dog)
                                                                              
                                          Birding Forever
                                                                              
                                          Jennifer Elmer
                                                                              
                                      Pocomoke  City MD
 
 
    
   
  
 
     



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