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Ocean City 11/10/07

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Bob Ringler

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Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:16:24 +0000

   For the Worcester County Rarities Roundup on Saturday Debbie Terry and I covered all of Ocean City. Here is our list for the day:

Brant  167
Canada Goose  45
Black Duck  7
Mallard  39
Surf Scoter  21, fly-bys at the jetty
Black Scoter  10, fly-bys at the jetty
Unidentified scoters  1,300, most flocks were too far out to identify
Long-tailed Duck  2, at the jetty
Bufflehead  41
Red-throated Loon  8, all distant fly-bys at the jetty
Common Loon  21
Gannet  310, many feeding close to shore, great views
Brown Pelican  9
Double-crested Cormorant  756, mostly large flocks on the move
Great Blue Heron  7
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1 adult, at the Knights of Columbus
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Merlin  2, including one that perched on a light pole at the inlet parking lot
Peregrine  1, on the inlet water tower
Black-bellied Plover  1, on the flats
Oystercatcher  1, on the flats
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Ruddy Turnstone  10
Red Knot  1, on the jetty
Sanderling  70
Purple Sandpiper  10, on the jetty
Dunlin  7
Laughing Gull  120
Bonaparte's Gull  2, at the inlet
Ring-billed Gull  95
Herring Gull 109
Great Black-back  187
Forster's Tern  8
Royal Tern  21
Feral Pigeon  163
Mourning Dove  5
Kingfisher  1, Northside Park
Downy Woodpecker  1, heard only
Blue Jay  2, heard only
Carolina Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1, a migrant here
Brown Creeper  1, heard only
Carolina Wren  1, heard only
Winter Wren  2, 94th Street woods
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2, heard only
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1, at the Route 90 causeway
Bluebird  1 male, also a migrant
Robin  109
Catbird  1, at the Route 90 causeway
Mockingbird  9
Starling  160
Myrtle Warbler  72
Western Palm Warbler  1, preceded/followed us from the inlet to the Coast Guard Station
Song Sparrow  12
Swamp Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  2, heard only
Junco  3
Cardinal  2, heard only
INDIGO BUNTING  1, probably the latest I have ever seen, 94th Street woods
Red-winged Blackbird  95
Boat-tailed Grackle  13, all males
House Finch  2
Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  1

   I'm sure other participants will share their sightings; many were outstanding.

--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD