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Eastern Shore birding 7/25-7/26 (photos)

From:

Nico Sarbanes

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Nico Sarbanes

Date:

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:03:57 -0400

Hey everyone-

This weekend I was visiting some relatives on the Eastern Shore, and convinced my Dad to stop at some good marsh spots around the area, as I was hoping to add Seaside Sparrow and Marsh Wren to my "quality photo life list."  Thanks a bunch to Bill Hubick for recommending Deal Island and Elliott Island.  I was able to get my shots, and, found what might be my new favorite spot on the shore (Deal Island), not just for the birds, but also for the beautiful environment.  Looking out across the low marsh, you could see for miles!  Anyway, the birds were not hopping, but again, this was just as much a photo trip as a birding trip.  So here are the lists:

Location:     Elliott Island Road
Observation date:     7/25/08
Number of species:     12

Snowy Egret     2
Osprey     1
Willet (Eastern)     3
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     2
Eastern Kingbird     5
Barn Swallow     1
Marsh Wren     30
Common Yellowthroat     1
Blue Grosbeak     1
Red-winged Blackbird     100
Common Grackle     2

Location:     Deal Island WMA
Observation date:     7/26/08
Number of species:     11

Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     8
Snowy Egret     1
Green Heron     4
Laughing Gull     6
Fish Crow     2
Barn Swallow     3
Marsh Wren     10
Seaside Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     1
Red-winged Blackbird     25

Location:     Assateague Island National Seashore
Observation date:     7/26/08
Notes:     A group of about 9 or 10 shorebirds were in one of the pools alongside the causeway going to Assateague, but without a scope, I could not confirm any other than the Lesser Yellowlegs.  However, they were too large to be Least or Semipalmated Sandpipers, and from what I could see they had streaking on the breast.  As a wishful thinker, I would like to think that they were either Pectoral or Stilt Sandpipers, but again, they were too far away to positively identify with a scope.
Number of species:     21

Brown Pelican     2
Great Blue Heron     1
Great Egret     11
Snowy Egret     2
Osprey     3
Killdeer     4
Lesser Yellowlegs     1
Least Sandpiper     1
Laughing Gull     30
Ring-billed Gull     5
Herring Gull     2
Great Black-backed Gull     6
Common Tern     1
Forster's Tern     1
Mourning Dove     2
Eastern Kingbird     2
Barn Swallow     3
Gray Catbird     1
Brown Thrasher     1
Red-winged Blackbird     20
Boat-tailed Grackle     7
American Goldfinch     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Pictures have been posted at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicobirdphotos/

Enjoy!

Nico Sarbanes
Baltimore