Hi all,
David Curson, Bill Ellis and I covered Irish Grove and
beyond for Crisfield Christmas Bird Count and found 83
species with additional 3 species by Paul Bystrak and
party out in the open water. Each of us had an average
of 77 species.
12/27/07 - 625am-750am & 1240pm-130pm
Private farms on/near Wilson Rd., Marion, Somerset
Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast, 37 degrees, NNW 6 mph- WNW 7 mph
Fair, 49-50 degrees, WSW 8 mph- W 8 mph
Snow Goose - 50
Canada Goose - 19
Northern Bobwhite - 4
Bald Eagle - 5
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Virginia Rail - 2
American Woodcock - 20
Ring-billed Gull - 14
Mourning Dove - 3
Great Horned Owl - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 4
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 13
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 2
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 1
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 21
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 16
Swamp Sparrow - 5
White-throated Sparrow - 66
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 35
TOTAL BIRDS: 279
12/27/07 - 750am-930am & 330pm-515pm
Along Rumbly Point Rd., Marion, Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast, 37-39 degrees, WNW 7 mph- calm
PC, 50-44 degrees, SW 6 mph- calm
Snow Goose - 500 (distance flyby)
Canada Goose - 240
American Black Duck - 62
Mallard - 2
Surf Scoter - 52
Bufflehead - 61
Common Goldeneye - 1 (drake)
Hooded Merganser - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 2
Ruddy Duck - 72
Horned Grebe - 1
American Bittern - 1
Great Blue Heron - 15
Bald Eagle - 5
Northern Harrier - 7
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Clapper Rail - 9
Greater Yellowlegs - 10
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
Wilson's Snipe - 2
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Forster's Tern - 1
Short-eared Owl - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
American Crow - 6
Tree Swallow - 14
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Carolina Wren - 2
Marsh Wren - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 1
American Pipit - 96
Savannah Sparrow - 29
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow - 2
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow - 3
ST Sparrow sp. - 1
Song Sparrow - 17
Swamp Sparrow - 14
White-throated Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 32
Eastern Meadowlark - 14
Boat-tailed Grackle - 110
American Goldfinch - 8
SPECIES: 45
TOTAL BIRDS: 1418
12/27/07 - 930am-1240pm & 3pm-330pm
Irish Grove Sanctuary, Rumbly Point Rd., Marion,
Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast/Fair, 37-49 degrees, calm- WSW 8 mph
Hooded Merganser - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 15
Bald Eagle - 3
Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light phase adult)
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Mourning Dove - 10
Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (early am)
Great Horned Owl - 1 (early am)
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Winter Wren - 1
Marsh Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 1
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 94
Eastern Towhee - 1
Fox Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 18
Swamp Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 41
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 37
TOTAL BIRDS: 234
12/27/07 - 145pm-3pm
Along Quindocqua Rd., Marion, Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 51-52 degrees, WSW 8 mph- W 8 mph
Black Vulture - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Virginia Rail - 1 (early am)
Killdeer - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Horned Lark - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 8
American Robin - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 13
American Pipit - 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 18
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 18
SPECIES: 27
TOTAL BIRDS: 94
Paul and party found more than 100 each Virginia Rail,
large rail sp. and Swamp Sparrow plus 10 Sedge Wren,
1950 Ruddy Duck and 10,000 duck sp. in the distance
while paddled on his canoe.
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
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