Fiona, Kermit and I ran out to Blackwater yesterday to flee the Balt-Wash
corridor. Highlights included 23 WILD TURKEYS between BNWR and Elliott
Island,  16 Great Egrets in a field off Elliott Island Rd., and my first of
fall RUDDY DUCK.

Blackwater NWR
Canada Goose     350+
Mallard     7
Ruddy Duck     1
Wild Turkey     12
Double-crested Cormorant     3
Great Blue Heron     3
Great Egret     5
Snowy Egret     3
Black Vulture     3
Turkey Vulture     37
Bald Eagle     6
Northern Harrier     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Kestrel     2
Semipalmated Plover     5
Killdeer     2
Greater Yellowlegs     2
Lesser Yellowlegs     1
sandpiper sp.     22
Laughing Gull     38
Ring-billed Gull     139
Great Black-backed Gull     27
Mourning Dove     13
Chimney Swift     1
Belted Kingfisher     2
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
American Crow     18
Carolina Chickadee     3
Carolina Wren     1
Eastern Bluebird     6
Gray Catbird     2
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     325+
Common Yellowthroat     4
Chipping Sparrow     14
Song Sparrow     6
Common Grackle     6
American Goldfinch     12
House Sparrow     3

Elliott Island Rd
Osprey      1
Northern Harrier    2
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Wild Turkey     11
Great Egret     16

pics up later...
Good birding!
Matt
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