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Dorchester & Talbot Counties, 06/07/08

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Kevin Graff

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Mon, 9 Jun 2008 08:13:51 -0700

Hi all,



Sorry I'm late, busy at work in Ocean City. Had a little break this morning.   On Saturday, John Dennehy and I had plan to cover most of Dorchester Co but with heat coming out early, we cut short and move on to Talbot to see what we can find for John's list. 

It was a good morning for Grasshopper Sparrows as they're singing in various spots. Good look at bobwhite. Great look at a Summer Tanager along Hip Roof Rd. 

We had 89 species in Dorchester Co and 43 in Talbot Co with 94 species total for the day. 


06/07/08 - 720am-815am
Egypt Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Fog, 73 degrees, S 4 mph

Mallard - 2
Northern Bobwhite - 3 (one seen well)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Killdeer - 1
Mourning Dove - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
American Crow - 1
Purple Martin - 18
Tree Swallow - 5
Barn Swallow - 8
Carolina Wren - 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 6
Gray Catbird - 2
European Starling - 37
Prothonotary Warbler - 3 (one seen well)
Common Yellowthroat - 6
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 5
Field Sparrow - 3
Grasshopper Sparrow - 11
Northern Cardinal - 5
Blue Grosbeak - 3
Indigo Bunting - 5
Dickcissel - 1 (brief look in fog)
Red-winged Blackbird - 21
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Common Grackle - 41
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 3
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 39
TOTAL BIRDS: 226

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 3
Eastern Cottontail - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Harlequin Darner - 1 (female, next to Prothonotary Warbler's site)
Little Blue Dragonlet - 2

06/07/08 - 815am-1010am
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Key Wallace Dr., Church Creek, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Fog/Haze, 73-77 degrees, S 4 mph- W 4 mph

Mute Swan - 2
Mallard - 6
Great Blue Heron - 11
Great Egret - 15
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 10
Bald Eagle - 4
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 1
Short-billed Dowitcher - 3
Caspian Tern - 1
Mourning Dove - 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 6
Eastern Kingbird - 5
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Fish Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 40
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 39
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 3
Carolina Wren - 2
House Wren - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 9
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 6
Yellow Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 4
Worm-eating Warbler - 2
Ovenbird - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 7
Summer Tanager - 3
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Grasshopper Sparrow - 5
Northern Cardinal - 4
Blue Grosbeak - 3
Indigo Bunting - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 47
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Common Grackle - 25
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
Orchard Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 5
SPECIES: 60
TOTAL BIRDS: 325

MAMMALS
Delmarva Fox Squirrel - 4
Eastern Cottontail - 7
Red Fox - 1

REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 9
Red-bellied Turtle - 9
Snapping Turtle - 1

AMPHIBIANS
Pickeral Frog - 1
Green Frog - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Pipevine Swallowtail - 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 1
Orange Sulphur - 3
Meadow Fritillary - 1
Mourning Cloak - 1
Silver-spotted Skipper - 2

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner- 2
Slaty Skimmer - 8
Seaside Dragonlet - 63
Eastern Pondhawk - 3
Black Saddlebags - 3

06/07/08 - 1010am-1025am
Blackwater NWR "Tubman Road Trail" Hip Roof Rd., Church Creek, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Haze, 77 degrees, calm

Great Egret - 2
Snowy Egret - 5 (flyby)
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 9
Bald Eagle - 1
Killdeer - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Purple Martin - 14
Tree Swallow - 10
Barn Swallow - 9
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
House Wren - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 1
Pine Warbler - 3
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Summer Tanager - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Indigo Bunting - 2
House Sparrow - 4
SPECIES: 24
TOTAL BIRDS: 76

BUTTERFLIES
Orange Sulphur - 3

06/07/08 - 1030am-1220pm
Upper & Middle Hooper Islands, Hooper Island Rd., Fishing Creek, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Haze/Fair, 77-86 degrees, W 5 mph- calm

Canada Goose - 14
Mute Swan - 4
Mallard - 8
Surf Scoter - 2
Brown Pelican - 28
Double-crested Cormorant - 62
Great Blue Heron - 30
Great Egret - 3
Green Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 6
Osprey - 23
Bald Eagle - 2
Clapper Rail - 3 (all heard, one very close)
Killdeer - 4 (pair w/ a fledged)
Willet - 11
Laughing Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 14
Great Black-backed Gull - 13
Caspian Tern - 1 
Royal Tern - 1 (pound net in distance, light colored bill visible)
Common Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 3
Mourning Dove - 6
Chimney Swift - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Fish Crow - 3
Purple Martin - 11
Tree Swallow - 10
Barn Swallow - 38
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 8
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 23
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Seaside Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 35
Common Grackle - 16
Boat-tailed Grackle - 1 (portion of tail missing)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 9
House Finch - 1
House Sparrow - 10
SPECIES: 46
TOTAL BIRDS: 433

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 2
Orange Sulphur - 2
Mourning Cloak - 1
Red Admiral - 2
Monarch - 1
Dion Skipper - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
Slaty Skimmer - 9
Seaside Dragonlet - 92
Little Blue Dragonlet - 1

MARINE CREATURES
Marsh Periwinkle - 56
Salt Marsh Snail - 9
Red-jointed Fiddler Crab? - 85

06/07/08 - 110pm-2pm
Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Audubon Dr., Easton, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Haze, 87-89 degrees, calm

Canada Goose - 2 (farm pond)
Great Blue Heron - 2
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 5
Mourning Dove - 1 (along road)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1 (along road)
Horned Lark - 1
Tree Swallow - 19
Barn Swallow - 17
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 1 (along road)
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Field Sparrow - 1
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Indigo Bunting - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 18
Common Grackle - 9
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 37
TOTAL BIRDS: 114

MAMMALS
Delmarva Fox Squirrel - 1
Gray Squirrel - 1
Eastern Cottontail - 2
White-tailed Deer - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
Cabbage White - 4
Orange Sulphur - 2
Variegated Fritillary - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 6
Yellow-sided Skimmer - 1
Slaty Skimmer - 9
Eastern Pondhawk - 3
Black Saddlebags - 8
Carolina Saddlebags - 1

06/07/08 - 215pm-250pm
Coveys Landing Rd, Cordova, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Haze, 89-93 degrees, calm

Wood Duck - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Purple Martin - 4
Barn Swallow - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 4
European Starling - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Indigo Bunting - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Common Grackle - 8
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
SPECIES: 22
TOTAL BIRDS: 51

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 1
Orange Sulphur - 2


     Kevin Graff
     West Ocean City, MD