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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