Yesterday I birded the Eastern Shore.? Marcy Stutzmann was with me for the morning at Bayside on Assateague and I was by myself the rest of the day.? Ebird lists for Bayside and Oceanside Campgrounds are below.? Highlights of other areas follow.

Location: ? ? Assateague Island NS--Bayside Campground
Observation date: ? ? 10/5/07
Notes: ? ? With Marcy Stutzmann
Number of species: ? ? 58

Common Loon ? ? 1
Brown Pelican ? ? 4
Double-crested Cormorant ? ? 4
Great Blue Heron ? ? 2
Great Egret ? ? 4
Snowy Egret ? ? 6
Little Blue Heron ? ? 16
Tricolored Heron ? ? 10
Black-bellied Plover ? ? 3
Semipalmated Plover ? ? 2
Killdeer ? ? 1
Greater Yellowlegs ? ? 2
Lesser Yellowlegs ? ? 1
Pectoral Sandpiper ? ? 1
Laughing Gull ? ? 200
Ring-billed Gull ? ? 1
Herring Gull ? ? 75
Great Black-backed Gull ? ? 10
Caspian Tern ? ? 8
Royal Tern ? ? 10
Mourning Dove ? ? 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo ? ? 1
Belted Kingfisher ? ? 2
Downy Woodpecker ? ? 2
Northern Flicker ? ? 5
Red-eyed Vireo ? ? 1
Fish Crow ? ? 3
Carolina Chickadee ? ? 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch ? ? 4
Carolina Wren ? ? 8
House Wren ? ? 2
Gray Catbird ? ? 35
Northern Mockingbird ? ? 4
Brown Thrasher ? ? 12
European Starling ? ? 25
Northern Parula ? ? 3
Yellow Warbler ? ? 1
Magnolia Warbler ? ? 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler ? ? 25
Black-throated Green Warbler ? ? 1
Pine Warbler ? ? 1
Prairie Warbler ? ? 4
Palm Warbler ? ? 5 ? ? Western
Blackpoll Warbler ? ? 1
Black-and-white Warbler ? ? 4
American Redstart ? ? 6
Common Yellowthroat ? ? 8
Yellow-breasted Chat ? ? 1
warbler sp. ? ? 12
Scarlet Tanager ? ? 2
Eastern Towhee ? ? 8
Song Sparrow ? ? 3
White-throated Sparrow ? ? 1
Northern Cardinal ? ? 12
Rose-breasted Grosbeak ? ? 1
Indigo Bunting ? ? 1
Red-winged Blackbird ? ? 1
Boat-tailed Grackle ? ? 14

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Location: ? ? Assateague Island National Seashore
Observation date: ? ? 10/5/07
Notes: ? ? Oceanside Campground
Number of species: ? ? 31

Double-crested Cormorant ? ? 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk ? ? 1
Sanderling ? ? 3
Laughing Gull ? ? 12
Herring Gull ? ? 15
Great Black-backed Gull ? ? 5
Royal Tern ? ? 8
Mourning Dove ? ? 6
Downy Woodpecker ? ? 3
Northern Flicker ? ? 2
Least Flycatcher ? ? 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch ? ? 4
Carolina Wren ? ? 6
House Wren ? ? 1
American Robin ? ? 2
Gray Catbird ? ? 15
Northern Mockingbird ? ? 4
Brown Thrasher ? ? 8
Yellow Warbler ? ? 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler ? ? 14
Palm Warbler ? ? 15 ? ? Western
Black-and-white Warbler ? ? 2
American Redstart ? ? 1
Northern Waterthrush ? ? 1
Wilson's Warbler ? ? 1
Field Sparrow ? ? 6
Savannah Sparrow ? ? 7
Song Sparrow ? ? 16
White-throated Sparrow ? ? 2
Northern Cardinal ? ? 6
Boat-tailed Grackle ? ? 8

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Hurlock STP:
Northern Shoveler - 50
Gadwall - 1
Ruddy Duck - 65
Killdeer - 6
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Barn Swallow - 1 (only swallow present)

North Tara Rd:
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Brown Creeper - 1
Northern Parula - 4
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 6

Tuckahoe Campground:
Eastern Phoebe - 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Myrtle Warbler - 18
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 12
Chipping Sparrow - 25

Millington WMA:
Northern Shoveler - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
Northern Parula - 2
Cape May Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
American Redstart - 4
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
Western Palm Warbler - 1



Matt Hafner
Blacksburg, VA

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