Hi all,
02/17/08 - 8am-825am
4th St. Flats, 4th St., Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 43-44 degrees, variable 6 mph- SE 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 8
"Atlantic" Brant - 42
Mallard - 4
Bufflehead - 19
Red-breasted Merganser - 16
Red-throated Loon - 1
Common Loon - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Turkey Vulture - 1
American Oystercatcher - 3
Ruddy Turnstone - 16
Sanderling - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 40
Herring Gull - 248
Great Black-backed Gull - 255
Rock Pigeon - 1
European Starling - 2
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 653
02/17/08 - 850am-910am
West Ocean City Pond, Golf Course Rd., West Ocean
City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 45 degrees, SE 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 8
Canada Goose - 10
Tundra Swan - 8
Gadwall - 7
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 26
Northern Shoveler - 18
Northern Pintail - 2
Green-winged Teal - 1
Canvasback - 225
Hooded Merganser - 2
Ruddy Duck - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Mourning Dove - 1
European Starling - 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
Common Grackle - 11
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 363
02/17/08 - 920am-930am
Ocean Pines South Pond, Manklin Creek Rd., Ocean
Pines,
Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 45-46 degrees, SE 7 mph- ESE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 6
Canada Goose - 31
American Wigeon - 4
Mallard - 20
Northern Shoveler - 4
Ring-necked Duck - 20 (smaller pond)
Buffelhead - 2
Hooded Merganser - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 1 (much smaller pond)
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 8
Ring-billed Gull - 184
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
American Crow - 1
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 7
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 295
02/17/08 - 930am-945am
Along Griffin Rd., Ocean Pines, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 46 degrees, ESE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 6
Canada Goose - 550
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 54
Northern Shoveler - 16
Hooded Merganser - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
Turkey Vulture - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 3
Common Grackle - 2
House Finch - 1
House Sparrow - 15
SPECIES: 21
TOTAL BIRDS: 662
02/17/08 - 10am-1115am
Eagle's Landing Golf Course & the Flats, Eagle's Nest
Rd., Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 46-48 degrees, ESE 9 mph- SE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 10
Canada Goose - 19
"Atlantic" Brant - 4
American Wigeon - 22
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 8
Northern Shoveler - 16
Bufflehead - 22
Common Loon - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 2
Black-bellied Plover - 3
American Oystercatcher - 2
Sanderling - 46
Dunlin - 384
Ring-billed Gull - 61
Herring Gull - 30
Great Black-backed Gull - 28
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 3 (flyby)
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 32
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
Common Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 29
TOTAL BIRDS: 716
02/17/08 - 1120am-1210pm
South Point Farms Community, South Point Rd., Berlin,
Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair/PC, 48 degrees, SE 9 mph- variable 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 8
Mallard - 2
Greater Scaup - 20
Lesser Scaup - 1
Bufflehead - 6
Horned Grebe - 1
Black Vulture - 5
Turkey Vulture - 4
Killdeer - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 2
Mourning Dove - 8
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
American Crow - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 6
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 5
European Starling - 13
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7
Savannah Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 15
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 32
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 12
SPECIES: 30
TOTAL BIRDS: 172
02/17/08 - 1225pm-105pm
Along Evans Rd., Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 49-50 degrees, SE 6 mph- S 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 7
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 17
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Killdeer - 72 (single flock flyby)
Ring-billed Gull - 8
Fish Crow - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 5
European Starling - 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 10
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 17
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Eastern Meadowlark - 6
Common Grackle - 6
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 161
02/17/08 - 205pm-240pm
Waterfowl Viewing Area, Oakley St.,Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast, 51-50 degrees, SSE 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 5
Canada Goose - 8
American Wigeon - 28
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 30
Canvasback - 1179
Redhead - 2 (drakes)
Greater Scaup - 4
Lesser Scaup - 288
scaup sp. - 66
Surf Scoter - 3
Bufflehead - 6
Turkey Vulture - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 20
Herring Gull - 6
Rock Pigeon - 5
Mourning Dove - 1
European Starling - 8
SPECIES: 16
TOTAL BIRDS: 1659
02/17/08 - 255pm-350pm
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge "Wildlife Drive"
Key Wallace Dr., Church Creek, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast/drizzle, 49-46 degrees, SSE 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 5
Snow Goose - 2442 (several flocks to river)
Canada Goose - 6220 (est, lack of time)
Mallard - 64
Northern Shoveler - 14
Northern Pintail - 353 (evening flocks of 341, same)
Green-winged Teal - 2 (evening flight, after 530pm)
Ring-necked Duck - 5 (evening flight, same)
Bufflehead - 2
Common Merganser - 4 (2 evening flight, same))
Northern Bobwhite - 2 (pair)
American White Pelican - 17
Great Blue Heron - 4
Turkey Vulture - 12
Bald Eagle - 7
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 8
Ring-billed Gull - 50
Mourning Dove - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 7
American Robin - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 30
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 55
Eastern Meadowlark - 2
Common Grackle - 8
House Finch - 1
SPECIES: 31
TOTAL BIRDS: 9323
02/17/08 - 350pm-410pm/505pm-525pm
Blackwater/Fishing Bay "Shorter's Wharf" Maple Dam
Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: Drizzle on/off, 46 degrees, SSE 10 mph- SE 7
Overcast, 46 degrees, SE 11 mph
OBSERVERS: 5
Canada Goose - 12
Mute Swan - 3
Gadwall - 2
American Black Duck - 18
Mallard - 5
Northern Shoveler - 2
Great Blue Heron - 5
Little Blue Heron - 2 (adults, returned trip)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 3
Northern Harrier - 1
Killdeer - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 6
Dunlin - 22
Wilson's Snipe - 1 (returned trip)
Ring-billed Gull - 18
Herring Gull - 2
Short-eared Owl - 1 (355pm on post)
Blue Jay - 1
Tree Swallow - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 5
European Starling - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 43
Common Grackle - 6
SPECIES: 26
TOTAL BIRDS: 165
02/17/08 - 415pm-5pm
Along Cedar Creek Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast, 46 degrees, SE 7 mph- SE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 5
Canada Goose - 12
American Black Duck - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Northern Harrier - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 5 (Fishing Bay)
Short-eared Owl - 1 (seen briefly in flight)
Fish Crow - 572 (heard calling, to roost)
crow sp. - 232 (seen in distance, silent)
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 18 (flyby)
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 23
Chipping Sparrow - 25
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 22
Eastern Meadowlark - 3
Common Grackle - 11
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 936
101 species for the weekend , 20,520 individual total.
89 sp in MD w/ 16,531 individual total and 65 sp. in
DE w/ 3989.
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
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