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Lower Eastern Shore, 03/30/08

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:54:31 -0700

HI all,



   On previous email, noted the time we were on the
road between 1130am and 1pm was because one of the
birder from Washington state wants to see some
lifebirds at 32nd St and the pond.  According to Blake
Hough, native of Washington state, he had 42 lifebirds
for the weekend.
 

03/30/08 - 725am-1055am
Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area, Back
Shelltown Rd., Rehobeth, Somerset Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 41-44 degrees, ENE 13 mph- E 18 mph 
OBSERVERS: 4

Canada Goose - 6
Wood Duck - 2
American Black Duck - 2
Green-winged Teal - 19
Bufflehead - 35
Ruddy Duck - 1
Wild Turkey - 14 (six in refuge)
Northern Gannet - 7
Double-crested Cormorant - 130 (all at 3 pound nets)
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 6
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 6 (2 prs, 2 imm)
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
American Kestrel - 1 (along road)
Clapper Rail - 1 (briefly saw one)
King Rail - 2 (I heard one)
Virginia Rail - 3 (heard by others)
Killdeer - 2
Dunlin - 80 (2 flocks)
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Laughing Gull - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 16
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Forster's Tern - 12
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
American Crow - 2 (on way in)
Tree Swallow - 18
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 6
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 6
Carolina Wren - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 10
American Robin - 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 33
Yellow-throated Warbler - 4
Pine Warbler - 9
Eastern Towhee - 6
Chipping Sparrow - 13
Field Sparrow - 1 (heard)
Song Sparrow - 12
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 10
"Slate-colored" Junco - 10
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 36
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 11
SPECIES: 54
TOTAL BIRDS: 583

03/30/08 - 1135am-1150am
Schumaker Park, S. Schumaker Dr., Salisbury, Wicomico
Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 44 degrees, ESE 11 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

Snow Goose - 1
Canada Goose - 48
Wood Duck - 2 
Mallard - 2 (also some dom. Muscovy Ducks)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Bald Eagle - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
American Crow - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10
Common Grackle - 1
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 16
TOTAL BIRDS: 81

03/30/08 - 1245pm-2pm
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge "Wildlife Drive" 
Key Wallace Dr., Church Creek, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/Overcast, 44-47 degrees, E 11- ESE 7 
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 30
Tundra Swan - 1
Wood Duck - 2
American Black Duck - 6
Mallard - 31
Green-winged Teal - 49
Common Merganser - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
American White Pelican - 10
Great Blue Heron - 11
Great Egret - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 18
Bald Eagle - 14
Northern Harrier - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 11
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
Dunlin - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 20
Rock Pigeon - 21
Mourning Dove - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 4
Horned Lark - 2
Tree Swallow - 96
Carolina Chickadee - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 11
Pine Warbler - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 21
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 72
Common Grackle - 15
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 46
TOTAL BIRDS: 496

03/30/08 - 245pm-305pm
Les Roslund's yard, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 48 degrees, ESE 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

Mute Swan - 2
Mallard - 5
Bufflehead - 6
Common Loon - 1 (in breeding plumage)
Turkey Vulture - 3
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Eastern Towhee - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 4
"Slate-colored" Junco - 3
Northern Cardinal - 4
Common Grackle - 4
Pine Siskin - 9 (still there)
American Goldfinch - 14
SPECIES: 20 (71 on Sat, 78 on Sun, 112 sp. total) 
TOTAL BIRDS: 70 (3952 on Sat, 1230 on Sun, 5182 total)
 

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 4


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
     





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