Hi all,
04/12/08 - 915am-1020am & 230pm-330pm
Point Lookout State Park "Lake Conoy Boat Launch
Facility & cruise", Point Lookout Rd., Scotland, St.
Mary's Co.
WEATHER: Fair, 67-69 degrees, SSW 12 mph- SSW 13 mph
Lt rain/PC, 66-70 degrees, SSW 15 mph- SW 13
LEADERS: Kevin Graff/Pete Webb
OBSERVERS: 35 (good turnout)
Surf Scoter - 2
Bufflehead - 12
Red-throated Loon - 2
Common Loon - 22
Horned Grebe - 6
Eared Grebe - 1 (causeway near boat launch entrance)
Northern Gannet - 120
Brown Pelican - 42
Double-crested Cormorant - 195 (159 at old pilings)
Great Blue Heron - 2
Tricolored Heron - 1 (seen by one observer)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 6
Bald Eagle - 2
Laughing Gull - 8
Bonaparte's Gull - 11
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 20
Great Black-backed Gull - 5
White-eyed Vireo - 1 (seen by few)
Purple Martin - 1 (returned trip, Stan and others)
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 1 (returned trip)
Barn Swallow - 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 4 (seen by few)
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 1
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (heard by few)
Pine Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 1 (yellow, seen by Pete only)
Eastern Towhee - 6
Northern Cardinal - 1
SPECIES: 32
TOTAL BIRDS: 483
04/12/08 - 1020am-230pm
Smith Island and cruise, Smith Island Rd., Ewell,
Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: PC/Lt rain, 69-66 degrees, SSW 13 mph-SSW 15
Light Thunderstorm between 1240am-115pm
OBSERVERS: Same group
Canada Goose - 12
Mute Swan - 1
American Black Duck - 18
Green-winged Teal - 49
Surf Scoter - 3
Bufflehead - 20
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Common Loon - 25
Northern Gannet - 7
Brown Pelican - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 36
Great Blue Heron - 8
Great Egret - 4
Snowy Egret - 3
Little Blue Heron - 2
Tricolored Heron - 11
Yellow-crowned Night Heron - 5
Glossy Ibis - 12
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 8
Northern Harrier - 4
Clapper Rail - 10 (at least two seen)
Black-bellied Plover - 2
American Oystercatcher - 8
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Willet - 12
Ruddy Turnstone - 10
Dunlin - 80
Wilson's Snipe - 2
Laughing Gull - 7
Bonaparte's Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Herring Gull - 81
Great Black-backed Gull - 11
Forster's Tern - 8
Rock Pigeon - 3
Fish Crow - 12
Barn Swallow - 10
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 51
Palm Warbler - 2 (yellow)
Chipping Sparrow - 8
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Seaside Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 10
Eastern Meadowlark - 1 (heard by 4 observers)
Rusty Blackbird - 1
Boat-tailed Grackle - 13
House Sparrow - 8
SPECIES: 50
TOTAL BIRDS: 618
04/12/08 - 405pm-445pm (not including in total)
Along Rt 2-4, Prince Frederick, Calvert Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 72 degrees, SSW 18 mph- SW 16 mph
OBSERVERS: 4
Canada Goose - 1
Common Loon - 4
Northern Gannet - 1 (at bridge)
Double-crested Cormorant - 7
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 6
European Starling - 12
Common Grackle - 11
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 5
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 66
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
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