Hi Everyone,
Matt Hafner and I joined Jim Stasz and Ed Boyd in covering the state park
and points northwest for the Point Lookout CBC. We ended up in two groups
for most of the day for better coverage. Our major highlight was a female
KING EIDER that Matt spotted landing amidst a flock of Greater Scaup.
Other nice birds included WHITE-WINGED SCOTERs, NORTHERN BOBWHITE, 100+
NORTHERN GANNETs, BROWN PELICANs, GREAT CORMORANTs, VIRGINIA RAIL, SEDGE
WREN, MARSH WREN, and GAMBEL'S WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. Below is the full
list for each site that Matt and I visited, plus additional species from
Stasz and Ed's notes.
Cornfield Harbor Dr., St. Mary's Co. (O-dark-early to dawn)
with Matt Hafner
Tundra Swan--8
Long-tailed Duck--10
Great Blue Heron--1
Virginia Rail--1
American Woodcock--1; Matt only
Great Horned Owl--3
Carolina Wren--4
Winter Wren--1
Sedge Wren--1; Matt only
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--1
Gray Catbird--2
Brown Thrasher--1
Eastern Towhee--4
Song Sparrow--15
Swamp Sparrow--7
White-throated Sparrow--3
Northern Cardinal--2
Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's Co.
with Matt Hafner, Jim Stasz, and Ed Boyd
(We split into two groups; below are just the birds Matt and I had)
American Black Duck--1
Greater Scaup--36
King Eider--1
Surf Scoter--37
White-winged Scoter--4
scoter sp.--68
Long-tailed Duck--59
Bufflehead--140
Common Goldeneye--28
Hooded Merganser--1
Red-breasted Merganser--5
Common Loon--9
Horned Grebe--3
Northern Gannet--103
Brown Pelican--9
Great Cormorant--2
Cooper's Hawk--1
Red-shouldered Hawk--1
Bonaparte's Gull--2
Ring-billed Gull--7
Herring Gull--8
Great Black-backed Gull--39
Downy Woodpecker--3
Blue Jay--2
American Crow--11
Carolina Chickadee--7
Red-breasted Nuthatch--3
Brown-headed Nuthatch--5
Brown Creeper--2
Carolina Wren--6
Winter Wren--1
Marsh Wren--1
Golden-crowned Kinglet--12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--33
Eastern Bluebird--8
Hermit Thrush--1
Myrtle Warbler--29
Eastern Towhee--1
Fox Sparrow--9
Song Sparrow--6
Swamp Sparrow--1
White-throated Sparrow--6
Dark-eyed Junco--2
Northern Cardinal--16
Red-winged Blackbird--1
American Goldfinch--1
Back to Cornfield Harbor Dr.
with Matt Hafner; Jim Stasz and Ed Boyd took an area north of us
American Black Duck--2
Turkey Vulture--1
Northern Harrier--2
Red-tailed Hawk--1
Ring-billed Gull--3
Red-bellied Woodpecker--3
Downy Woodpecker--1
Northern Flicker--2
Blue Jay--7
American Crow--15
Tufted Titmouse--2
Red-breasted Nuthatch--1
White-breasted Nuthatch--1; tricky bird in SM; only my second in the
county
Brown Creeper--2
Carolina Wren--3
Winter Wren--1
Golden-crowned Kinglet--2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--3
Eastern Bluebird--24
Northern Mockingbird--2
Brown Thrasher--1
Myrtle Warbler--8
Eastern Towhee--1
Field Sparrow--1
Savannah Sparrow--25
Song Sparrow--14
White-throated Sparrow--7
Northern Cardinal--4
Eastern Meadowlark--5
American Goldfinch--9
Camp Brown Road, St. Mary's Co.
with Matt Hafner; met up with Jim Stasz, Ed Boyd, Matt Tillett, Patty
Craig
Northern Bobwhite--8
Mourning Dove--2
Northern Flicker--1
Blue Jay--2
American Crow--2
Carolina Wren--2
Eastern Bluebird--1
American Robin--21
Northern Mockingbird--2
European Starling--100
Myrtle Warbler--1
Western Palm Warbler--1
Palm Warbler ssp.--1
Field Sparrow--5
Savannah Sparrow--17
Song Sparrow--8
White-throated Sparrow--4
Eastern White-crowned Sparrow--10 imm.
GAMBEL'S WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW--1 imm.
Northern Cardinal--5
Red-winged Blackbird--70
Common Grackle--2
Brown-headed Cowbird--1
House Finch--6
American Goldfinch--7
House Sparrow--1
Species found only by Jim and Ed: Canada Goose, Mallard, Ruddy Duck, Bald
Eagle, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker,
and Pine Warbler.
I posted some random new photos, including RIDICULOUSLY distant
documentation photos of the King Eider to my web site:
(The eider photos show little more than shape!)
http://www.billhubick.com/new_set.html
Happy holiday birding,
Bill
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, MD
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