After birding with Dave Powell, George Jett, and David Gersten in
Western MD on Saturday morning and doing a few things around the house,
My wife Donna and I drove to Elliott Island. We didn't hear any Black
Rails though they are rumored to still exist. Driving back and forth
along Elliott Island Road between 6:30 and 10:00 pm we had the following:
Location: Elliott Island Road
Observation date: 6/7/08
Number of species: 53
Canada Goose 20
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 2
Great Blue Heron 12
Great Egret 6
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 26
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
King Rail 1
Virginia Rail 4
Killdeer 1
Black-necked Stilt 2
Willet 5
Laughing Gull 2
Mourning Dove 2
Barn Owl 2
Chuck-will's-widow 1
Chimney Swift 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 15
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1
Marsh Wren 20
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 8
Pine Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Summer Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 6
Chipping Sparrow 2
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1
Seaside Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 15
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Common Grackle 12
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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J.B. Churchill
Frostburg, MD
webpage: http://www.westernmdbirding.com/ |