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
|