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Southern Maryland, 11/24

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Bill Hubick

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Bill Hubick

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Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:33:33 -0800

Hi Everyone,

Below are highlights from a southern MD outing with Jim Brighton and Matt
Tillett on Saturday (11/24). 

Point Lookout SP, St. Mary's Co.
(full list just for Point Lookout)

Canada Goose--15
Mallard--2
Surf Scoter--12; only scoters were in the protected cove by the causeway
Long-tailed Duck--48
Bufflehead--185
Common Goldeneye--6
Red-breasted Merganser--3
Red-throated Loon--7
Common Loon--3
Horned Grebe--2
Double-crested Cormorant--62
Bald Eagle--2
Cooper's Hawk--1
Laughing Gull--2
Bonaparte's Gull--33; coming out of the Potomac
Ring-billed Gull--85
Herring Gull--45
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL--1 adult
Great Black-backed Gull--50
Forster's Tern--2
Red-bellied Woodpecker--3
Downy Woodpecker--2
Northern Flicker--1
Blue Jay--1
American Crow--3
Fish Crow--7
Carolina Chickadee--12
Tufted Titmouse--1
Red-breasted Nuthatch--2
Brown-headed Nuthatch--3
Brown Creeper--1
Carolina Wren--7
Golden-crowned Kinglet--3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--46; impressive numbers
Eastern Bluebird--11
American Robin--1
Northern Mockingbird--3
European Starling--36; one small flock was definitely mimicking gull calls
American Pipit--7
Yellow-rumped Warbler--14
Eastern Towhee--1
Fox Sparrow--1
Song Sparrow--8
Swamp Sparrow--3
White-throated Sparrow--33
Dark-eyed Junco--45
Northern Cardinal--7
Red-winged Blackbird--3
Common Grackle--1
House Finch--2
PINE SISKIN--4; flybys, calling
American Goldfinch--22

Cornfield Harbor Dr., St. Mary's Co.

Tundra Swan--Heard in the distance
Winter Wren--1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--2
Gray Catbird--1
Swamp Sparrow--1
Dark-eyed Junco--70

Long Neck Road, St. Mary's Co.

Bald Eagle--2
Northern Harrier--1
American Kestrel--2
Savannah Sparrow--2
Eastern Meadowlark--10

Pax River NAS, St. Mary's Co.

Tundra Swan--15
Long-tailed Duck--45
Bufflehead--25
Common Loon--6
Horned Grebe--2
NORTHERN GANNET--1
Bald Eagle--3; one carrying a large stick
Northern Harrier--1
Red-shouldered Hawk--1
Killdeer--3
Laughing Gull--2
ROYAL TERN--1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--7
Myrtle Warbler--1
Dark-eyed Junco--55

Beauvue Ponds, St. Mary's Co.

Mute Swan--2
Gadwall--21
Ring-necked Duck--36
Hooded Merganser--25
Ruddy Duck--19
Common Loon--1
Pied-billed Grebe--3
American Kestrel--2
Myrtle Warbler--10

Flag Ponds, Calvert Co.

Gadwall--33
American Black Duck--6
Mallard--3
Green-winged Teal--82
Bufflehead--8
Bald Eagle--2
SANDERLING--5
Brown Creeper--2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--2
Hermit Thrush--2
Myrtle Warbler--42

North Beach, Calvert Co.

RICHARDSON'S CACKLING GOOSE--1
Canada Goose--65
Tundra Swan--5
Mallard--70
NORTHERN SHOVELER--1 (small pond just north of the beach, across from the
main pond)
Myrtle Warbler--1

Herrington Harbor, Calvert Co.

RICHARDSON'S CACKLING GOOSE--2 
Canada Goose--550
Tundra Swan--80
Long-tailed Duck--150
Bufflehead--340
Laughing Gull--1

Good birding,

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, MD

http://www.billhubick.com