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Saturday in the OC Area 4/5/08

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Jim Stasz

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Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:20:32 -0400

Hi Folks!

Matt and Mark and a few others have chimed in about some of the birds found on Saturday in the Ocean City area.? Here are the complete lists:

Location:???? Ocean? City Inlet 
Observation date:???? 4/5/08
Notes:???? 62F, overcast, SW10
Number of species:???? 31

Brant (Atlantic)???? 40
Canada Goose???? 2
COMMON EIDER???? 2
Surf Scoter???? 2
Long-tailed Duck???? 12
Red-breasted Merganser???? 22
Red-throated Loon???? 8
Common Loon???? 40
Northern Gannet???? 137
Double-crested Cormorant???? 14
Great Blue Heron???? 33
Great Egret???? 1
Tricolored Heron???? 1
Peregrine Falcon???? 1
American Oystercatcher???? 3
Ruddy Turnstone???? 11
Sanderling???? 15
Purple Sandpiper???? 42
Laughing Gull???? 40
Bonaparte's Gull???? 1
Ring-billed Gull???? 12
Herring Gull (American)???? 30
Great Black-backed Gull???? 10
Forster's Tern???? 10
Royal Tern???? 1
Rock Pigeon???? 8
American Robin???? 1
European Starling???? 4
Common Grackle???? 6
Boat-tailed Grackle???? 2
House Sparrow???? 2


Location:???? Assateague I. NS--Fox Hill Level
Observation date:???? 4/5/08
Notes:???? w/ Matt Hafner, Ed Boyd, Jim Brighton
Number of species:???? 28

Brant (Atlantic)???? 60
American Black Duck???? 8
Red-breasted Merganser???? 3
Great Blue Heron???? 12
Great Egret???? 6
Glossy Ibis???? 11
Black-bellied Plover???? 1
Killdeer???? 1
Greater Yellowlegs???? 6
Sanderling???? 2
Least Sandpiper???? 2
Dunlin???? 496
Short-billed Dowitcher???? 6
Ring-billed Gull???? 8
Forster's Tern???? 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)???? 1
American Crow???? 4
Fish Crow???? 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher???? 1
Brown Thrasher???? 2
Pine Warbler???? 1
Field Sparrow???? 1
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow???? 1 in heavy prealternate molt
Song Sparrow???? 2
Northern Cardinal???? 1
Red-winged Blackbird???? 20
Eastern Meadowlark???? 14
Boat-tailed Grackle???? 22

Location:???? Assateague I.? NS--ORV Zone
Observation date:???? 4/5/08
Notes:???? w/ Matt Hafner, Ed Boyd, Jim Brigton; LBBG: 45 ad., 8 3rd, 13 2nd, 24 
1st. Record High Count!
Number of species:???? 22

Surf Scoter???? 1
scoter sp.???? 30
Red-breasted Merganser???? 5
Red-throated Loon???? 2
Common Loon???? 27
Northern Gannet???? 3
Double-crested Cormorant???? 48
Great Blue Heron???? 54
Great Egret???? 15
Osprey???? 1
Merlin???? 1
PIPING PLOVER???? 7? they are back!
American Oystercatcher???? 11
Sanderling???? 11
Dunlin???? 1
Ring-billed Gull???? 53
Herring Gull (American)???? 62
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL???? 90 <----Record High Count
Great Black-backed Gull???? 5
Barn Swallow???? 1
Song Sparrow???? 1
Boat-tailed Grackle???? 24

Location:???? Assateague I. NS--Life of the Forest
Observation date:???? 4/5/08
Notes:???? w/ Matt Hafner, Ed Boyd, Jim Brighton
Number of species:???? 28

Brant (Atlantic)???? 300
Canada Goose???? 2
Mallard???? 2
Bufflehead???? 18
Red-breasted Merganser???? 25
Great Egret???? 2
Snowy Egret???? 3
Black-bellied Plover???? 1
American Oystercatcher???? 2
Greater Yellowlegs???? 1
Least Sandpiper???? 5
Dunlin???? 30
Short-billed Dowitcher???? 3
Ring-billed Gull???? 6
Herring Gull (American)???? 8
Great Black-backed Gull???? 4
Forster's Tern???? 1
Great Horned Owl???? 1
Belted Kingfisher???? 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)???? 1
Carolina Chickadee???? 6
Brown Creeper???? 1
Carolina Wren???? 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher???? 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)???? 7
Pine Warbler???? 6
Eastern Towhee???? 2
Northern Cardinal???? 1

Location:???? Berlin WWTP
Observation date:???? 4/5/08
Notes:???? w/ Matt Hafner, Ed Boyd, Jim Brighton; Matt? H. found the WFIB; 
others arrive after the word gets out. Photos by Boyd, Brighton, Hoffman, 
Lutmerding
Number of species:???? 26

Canada Goose???? 25
Mallard???? 2
Northern Shoveler???? 140
Green-winged Teal (American)???? 57
Ring-necked Duck???? 2
Ruddy Duck???? 4
Pied-billed Grebe???? 1
Great Egret???? 1
Glossy Ibis???? 15
WHITE-FACED IBIS???? 1
Turkey Vulture???? 6
Bald Eagle???? 1
American Coot???? 11
Killdeer???? 2
Laughing Gull???? 2
Bonaparte's Gull???? 1
Ring-billed Gull???? 40
Fish Crow???? 2
Barn Swallow???? 1
American Robin???? 1
Northern Mockingbird???? 2
Brown Thrasher???? 1
European Starling???? 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)???? 1
Palm Warbler (Western)???? 1
Red-winged Blackbird???? 6

Location:???? Skimmer Island as viewed from Hoopers Restaurant
Observation date:???? 4/5/08
Notes:???? w/Matt Hafner, Ed Boyd, Jim Brighton, George Jett, Mark Hoffman, Gwen 
Brewer, Mikey Lutmerding, Ron Gutberdet, etc. ad.Iceland Gull [photos by 
Hoffman] Ipswich Sparrows, same 3 reported previously; WFIB: same bird that was 
seen earlier in day at Berlin WWTP [ibises flew in to roost for the night]
Number of species:???? 37

Canada Goose???? 7
American Black Duck???? 1
Mallard???? 12
Greater Scaup???? 10
Lesser Scaup???? 30
Bufflehead???? 27
Red-breasted Merganser???? 24
Common Loon???? 11
Double-crested Cormorant???? 62
Great Blue Heron???? 2
Great Egret???? 23
Snowy Egret???? 36
Little Blue Heron???? 12
Tricolored Heron???? 2
Cattle Egret???? 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron???? 6
Glossy Ibis???? 37
WHITE-FACED IBIS??? 1
Merlin???? 1
American Oystercatcher???? 23
Greater Yellowlegs???? 6
Lesser Yellowlegs???? 1
Dunlin???? 3
Laughing Gull???? 6
Ring-billed Gull???? 20
Herring Gull (American)???? 1000
ICELAND GULL???? 1 adult!
Great Black-backed Gull???? 70
Forster's Tern???? 4
Carolina Wren???? 1
American Robin???? 2
European Starling???? 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)???? 2
Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)???? 3 on the Rt.50 Causeway
Swamp Sparrow???? 1
Red-winged Blackbird???? 2
Boat-tailed Grackle???? 7

Giid Birding!

Jim

Jim Stasz
North Beach MD