Hi  all  on Saturday  1 - 12 - 08    19  members  of the AA  County Bird Club   came to the Queen Annes County  area  of the  Eastern  Shore   to veiw  birds  at  Kent Narrows  and  the  Chesapeake  Bay  Enivronmental  Center  . Led  by QA resident  birder Danny Poet  the half day trip produced 50 species of which one was a lifebird for one  member .    Everyone had a great time  list below.

Great Blue Heron    
Black Vulture
Turkey   Vulture
Canada  Geese
Mute  Swan 
Tundra Swan 
American Black  Duck
Mallard
Greater Scaup      
Long tailed Duck 
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck       
Bald  Eagle      2 immature    2 adults    -    and one  not quite adult   white head , white tail  and a  brown 
                                           
                                                and             white speckled body   quite interesting 
Northern Harrier
Red shouldered Hawk 
Red Tailed  Hawk
American   Coot
Ring Billed Gull 
Herring   Gull
Great Black - backed Gull 
Rock Dove 
Mourning   Dove 
Belted Kingfisher
Downy woodpecker
Flicker
Blue Jay
American  Crow 
Carolina Chickadee  
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Brown Headed Nuthatch     -     life bird for one club member , good looks 
Carolina Wren 
Winter   Wren     1   -    quick look as it flew across the path and under an old boardwalk 
Ruby Crowned Kinglet  
Eastern Bluebirds
Gray Catbird          1    -     heard only 
Mockingbird 
Starling
Yellow Rumped Warbler    -     many
Eastern Towhee 
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow  
White Throated Sparrow
Dark Eyed Junco 
Cardinal
Red Winged Blackbird
Common Grackle      1   -   flyover
American   Goldfinch
House Sparrow        3 


Happy Birding 
Danny Poet 
Queenstown, Md 
 





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