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Elliott Island Saturday

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"J.B. Churchill"

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J.B. Churchill

Date:

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 22:16:17 -0400

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)

-- 
J.B. Churchill
Frostburg, MD
webpage: http://www.westernmdbirding.com/