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Birding Wye Island Queen Annes County Trip Of Talbot Chapter of MOS 2 - 24

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danny poet

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danny poet

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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:56:01 -0500

   Hi all  on Sunday  2 - 24 - 08   4 members  and one guest of the Talbot  County Bird Club were led to the wilds of Wye Island In Queen Annes  County by Danny Poet  from 7:30 Am to about 11:00 Am .   We enjoyed a  nice  day and located  45 species .    The Main Highlight were  the 4  White Breasted  Nuthatches  in one tree displaying to to each other , chasing  each other , fanning out  tail feathers, wing flicking , calling the whole time   . No one presant had seen this behavior before . That was quite a sight .  We also stopped and walked to the  275 year old American  Holly  that was new to some of the folks  on the trip .  Birds seen and heard  below 

Great Blue Heron         1
Canada Geese   
Green Winged  Teal       8       rough   guess  as they flew  as I  located them 
American Black Duck      4
Mallard
Ring necked Duck         2       a male /female  pair 
Lesser Scaup 
Bufflehead  
Hooded    Merganser      2      in pond at hunters oak golf course  on the way in  near Rt 50 
Common Merganser       5      Rough  estimate  
Ruddy Duck         most common duck 
Black Vultrue 
Turkey  Vultrue 
Bald   Eagle       2 adults 
Red  Tailed  Hawk
American   Kestrel          1       Charmichael Rd 
Ring Billed Gull 
Mourning Dove 
Great Horned Owl       1  calling in distance  broad daylight  at   about   10:00 Am   several times 
Belted Kingfisher        1
Red Bellied Woodpecker      1
Downy  Woodpecker          1
Norther Flicker               6
Horned Lark       4
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee 
Tufted Titmouse        3
White Breasted Nuthatch   4
Carolina Wren          several     singing 
Eastern Bluebird         12            some singing  
American  Robin 
Gray Catbird     1       heard  calling ing the brush 
Mockingbird        
Starling  
Cardinal
Eastern Towhee        several 
Savannah Sparrow          1
Song Sparrow    many 
White Throated Sparrow       Lots 
Dark eyed  Junco    
Red winged Blackbird
Grackle   
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow   


Happy  Birding 
Danny Poet
Queenstown, Md 
 









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