Hi all,
John Dennehy and I had a successful day at North
Point State Park today and the bird activity are very
high there.
04/10/08 - 830am-1255pm
North Point State Park, Bay Shore Rd., Edgemere,
Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: Fog/Sunny, 53-59 degrees, calm- ESE 8 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall - 4
Mallard - 14
Green-winged Teal - 4
Bufflehead - 7
Double-crested Cormorant - 132 (58 in 3 flocks N)
Great Blue Heron - 4
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
Cooper's Hawk - 2 (on nest)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (along road)
Virginia Rail - 2
Killdeer - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 20
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Caspian Tern - 4
Forster's Tern? - 1 (most likely,at old concrete pier)
Rock Pigeon - 6 (flyby)
Mourning Dove - 1
Barred Owl - 1 (flyby over Miller Is Rd)
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Northern Flicker - 5
Eastern Phoebe - 7
Blue Jay - 16 (they never shut up all morning, noisy)
American Crow - 1
Fish Crow - 8
Tree Swallow - 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4
Barn Swallow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 10
Tufted Titmouse - 8
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Brown Creeper - 5
Carolina Wren - 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Hermit Thrush - 2
American Robin - 36
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 2
European Starling - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 7 (yellow)
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
Eastern Towhee - 10
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 22
Swamp Sparrow - 5
White-throated Sparrow - 41
"Slate-colored" Junco - 9
Northern Cardinal - 9
Red-winged Blackbird - 16
Rusty Blackbird - 1 (brief look in wooded swamp)
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 10
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 61
TOTAL BIRDS: 504
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 15
BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 2
Orange Sulphur - 1
04/10/08 - 1pm-215pm (lunch)
Dock of The Bay Restaurant & Bar, Cuckold Point Rd.,
Edgemere, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 59-62 degrees, ESE 8 mph- ESE 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Mallard - 6
Red-breasted Merganser - 2 (headed N)
Double-crested Cormorant - 48 (many headed N)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Osprey - 5
Northern Harrier - 1 (Pleasure Is)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 (harassed by swallows)
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3
Fish Crow - 1
Purple Martin - 2 (headed NW)
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 8
European Starling - 1
Palm Warbler - 1 (yellow)
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 25
TOTAL BIRDS: 98
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
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