Hi all,
A group of 14 from Baltimore Bird Club including 4
from West Virginia went to the shore for our annual
President Day weekend trip. We end up with 101
species, 75 on Sat and 83 on Sun including 65 in
Delaware and 89 in Maryland. It was a difficult time
for us as some have family emergency including one of
ours on the trip but they're ok now. We had to leave
Sun as they calls for rain on Mon with gusty winds. If
we had stayed till Mon, our list would grow. But
everyone have a good time and seeing county, state
and/life birds. See previous posting on Nico
Sarbanes' pictures.
02/16/08 - 810am-830am
Along Rt. 50, Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 32 degrees, N 15 mph- N 16 mph
OBSERVERS: 5
Canada Goose - 59
Mute Swan - 5
American Black Duck - 15
Mallard - 10
Canvasback - 5
Lesser Scaup - 80
Bufflehead - 3
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 20
Herring Gull - 8
Great Black-backed Gull - 8
Rock Pigeon - 13
American Crow - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 240
02/16/08 - 830am-835am
Along Rt. 404, Queen Anne's-Hillsboro, Queen Anne's &
Talbot Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 32 degrees, N 16 mph
OBSERVERS: 5
Canada Goose - 4 (QA to T)
Tundra Swan - 14 (QA to T)
Black Vulture - 1 (QA)
Turkey Vulture - 2 (QA)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (QA)
Ring-billed Gull - 4 (QA to T)
Rock Pigeon - 2 (QA)
American Crow - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1 (QA)
European Starling - 30 (QA)
Red-winged Blackbird - 6 (4 QA, 2 T)
Common Grackle - 23 (3 T, 20 QA)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4 (QA)
House Sparrow - 2 (in flight from house, T)
SPECIES: 14
TOTAL BIRDS: 95
02/16/08 - 835am-855am
Along Rt. 404, Denton, Caroline Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 32 degrees, N 12 mph- N 15 mph
OBSERVERS: 5
Canada Goose - 2 (Choptank R)
Mallard - 2 (golf course pond)
Ruddy Duck - 15 (Choptank R)
Turkey Vulture - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Rock Pigeon - 1 (water tower)
Mourning Dove - 3
American Crow - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 16
SPECIES: 16
TOTAL BIRDS: 57
In Delaware, cannot post full report as it's out of
state. But we had 65 species and 3989 total birds
including two Common Eider at north side of north
jetty of Indian River Inlet.
02/16/08 - 340pm-450pm
Ocean City Inlet "Inlet Park" South 2nd St., Ocean
City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 37 degrees, ENE 9 mph- ENE 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 15
"Atlantic" Brant - 10
American Black Duck - 4
Surf Scoter - 16
Long-tailed Duck - 7
Bufflehead - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 11
Red-throated Loon - 9
Common Loon - 17
Northern Gannet - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
American Oystercatcher - 5 (the flats)
Ruddy Turnstone - 5
Sanderling - 1
Purple Sandpiper - 29
Bonaparte's Gull - 10
Ring-billed Gull - 67
Herring Gull - 28
Great Black-backed Gull - 19
Rock Pigeon - 8
European Starling - 13
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 1 (harbor area)
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 23
TOTAL BIRDS: 267
02/16/08 - 455pm-535pm
West Ocean City Pond, Golf Course Rd., West Ocean
City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 37-36 degrees, ENE 7 mph- ENE 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 13
Canada Goose - 21
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall - 6
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 42
Northern Shoveler - 13
Canvasback - 413
Ring-necked Duck - 3 (drakes)
Lesser Scaup - 1 (hen)
Hooded Merganser - 6
Ruddy Duck - 17
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Killdeer- 2 (calling overhead)
Ring-billed Gull - 15
American Robin - 25
European Starling - 40
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 73
Common Grackle - 80
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
SPECIES: 21
TOTAL BIRDS: 767
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
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