On Thursday my dad and I drove to Rumbly Point. The birds we saw are listed
below.
2 Northern Harriers
20 Glossy Ibis
25 Snowy Egrets
21 Great Egrets
2 Willet
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper
12 Black Ducks
12 Double Crested Cormorants
1 Bald Eagle
6 Marsh Wrens
13 Seaside sparrows
10 Barn Swallows
1 Bank swallow
6 Purple Martins
10 Tree Swallows
We also birded near the county prison where we saw the following birds.
4 Spotted Sandpipers ( wading in the pond west of the prison)
6 Common Yellowthroats
5 Eastern King Birds
20+ Canada Geese
6 White Domestic Geese
1 Great Blue Heron
12 Gold Finches
9 Indigo Buntings
1 Red Tailed Hawk
14 Black Vultures
12 Turkey Vultures
50 Laughing Gulls
4 Field Sparrows
1 American Crow
12 Fish Crows
1 Rufous Sided Towhee
Back home in Pocomoke City I had a close encounter withe a baby Ruby
Throated Humming bird and saved a baby Blue Jay from the cats next door. Today I
watched the mother and father Blue Jay take turns feeding the baby.
Birding Forever
Jennifer Elmer
Pocomoke City MD
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