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Talbot County, 08/11/08

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Kevin Graff

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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:12:46 -0700

Hi all,



   It been a difficult morning for many trying to get to the dock on time, we managed to wait for them except for one who was left stranded on Bay Bridge for nearly two hours. Thanks to all who attended the trip yesterday and made everyone happy for scope assist on shorebird id's and getting them all county, state and/or life birds. We had 86 species in Talbot w/ 5 additional in Queen Anne's Co.


08/11/08 - 650am-755am
Route 33, McDaniel, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 64-67 degrees, NNW 5 mph- NNW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

Mallard - 2
Wild Turkey - 4
Great Egret - 1 (nearby pond Rt 33/322, seen by Amanda only)
Green Heron - 1 (boat dock area)
Turkey Vulture - 5
Osprey - 9
Bald Eagle - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1 (returned trip, seen by Amanda only)
American Kestrel - 1 (seen by others) 
Laughing Gull - 11
Ring-billed Gull - 5 (boat dock area)
Herring Gull - 4 (boat dock area)
Great Black-backed Gull - 16 (boat dock area)
Mourning Dove - 16
Chimney Swift - 6 (St Michael)
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 2
crow sp. - 7
Barn Swallow - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 45
Northern Mockingbird - 5
European Starling - 72
Cedar Waxwing - 7 (flew over headed W)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
Common Grackle - 6
House Sparrow - 2 (boat dock area)
SPECIES: 27
TOTAL BIRDS: 241

MAMMALS
White-tailed Deer - 1 (Amanda only)

08/11/08 - 705am-725am
Claiborne Landing and along road, Claiborne Landing Rd., Claiborne, 
Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 64 degrees, NNW 4 mph
OBSERVERS: 2 (7 returned trip)

Common Loon - 1 (basic plumage, returned trip)
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Black Vulture - 3 (returned trip)
Turkey Vulture - 6
Osprey - 6
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Laughing Gull - 91
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Herring Gull - 4
Least Tern - 2
Common Tern - 1 (returned trip)
Forster's Tern - 22
Mourning Dove - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Fish Crow - 4 (4 am, 2 returned trip)
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 12
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
European Starling - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 4
SPECIES: 22
TOTAL BIRDS: 176

08/11/08 - 735am-745am (740am at Ferry Cove Rd) 
Lowes Wharf/Ferry Cove Rd., Sherwood, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 66 degrees, NNW 5 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

American Black Duck - 1 (drake)
Mallard - 1 (hen, flew with drake Am Black Duck)
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Laughing Gull - 11 (huge gull/tern flock farther out in distance)
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Herring Gull - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Barn Swallow - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 2
Pine Warbler - 1 (flew over near stand of pines)
Field Sparrow - 1 (heard along Ferry Cove Rd)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1 (heard along Ferry Cove Rd)
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 36

08/11/08 - 755am-835am
Black Walnut Point, Black Walnut Point Rd., Tilghman, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 67-68 degrees, NW 15 mph (Gust 18 mph)
OBSERVERS: 2

Wild Turkey - 13 (1/4 mile north of point)
Double-crested Cormorant - 99 (few headed S, the rest on pound nets)
Great Blue Heron - 13 (cove area)
Osprey - 34 (29 on pound nets, 5 at cove area)
Laughing Gull - 27
Ring-billed Gull - 16
Herring Gull - 8
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Forster Tern - 13 (tons more tern sp. farther out)
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
American Crow - 2
Fish Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 10
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Redstart - 2
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 (cove area)
SPECIES: 23
TOTAL BIRDS: 254

08/11/08 - 930am-130pm
Paul Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island, Tilghman, Talbot Co., MD 

WEATHER: Fair/MC, 69-74 degrees, NNW 13 mph- NW 9 mph (Gust 17 mph)
LEADER: Robin Armetta
COORDINATOR: Kevin Graff
OBSERVERS: 23

American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 174
Northern Shoveler - 4
Surf Scoter - 8
Black Scoter - 1
Ruddy Duck - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1140
Great Blue Heron - 54
Snowy Egret - 41
Green Heron - 1
Osprey - 14
Bald Eagle - 3
Black-bellied Plover - 9
Semipalmated Plover - 17
Killdeer - 57
American Oystercatcher - 2
Black-necked Stilt - 6
American Avocet - 7
Greater Yellowlegs - 3
Lesser Yellowlegs - 73
Willet - 3
Spotted Sandpiper - 5
Ruddy Turnstone - 4
Sanderling - 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1318
Least Sandpiper - 344
White-rumped Sandpiper - 4
Pectoral Sandpiper - 2
Stilt Sandpiper - 11
Short-billed Dowitcher - 10 (Prairie)
Wilson's Phalarope - 5
Red-necked Phalarope - 1
Laughing Gull - 61
Ring-billed Gull - 37
Herring Gull - 336
Great Black-backed Gull - 827
Least Tern - 113
Caspian Tern - 4
Black Tern - 2
Common Tern - 398
Forster's Tern - 2
Royal Tern - 1
Tree Swallow - 8
Bank Swallow - 3
Barn Swallow - 51
European Starling - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 311
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 82
SPECIES: 49
TOTAL BIRDS: 5570

BUTTERFLIES
Orange Sulphuer - 2
Varieagated Fritillary - 1
Monarch - 3

08/11/08 - 235pm-305pm
Route 579, Bozman, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 76 degrees, NNW 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 5

Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Cattle Egret - 14
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 3
American Kestrel - 1
Laughing Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 7
Herring Gull - 2
Chimney Swift - 1
Purple Martin - 5
Barn Swallow - 7
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 15
Northern Cardinal - 3
Indigo Bunting - 1 (Amanda only)
Common Grackle - 2
House Finch - 1
SPECIES: 19 (86 species total in Talbot)
TOTAL BIRDS: 74 (6351 individual total)

MAMMALS
Eastern Cottontail - 1
White-tailed Deer - 2
Red Fox - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 4
Orange Sulphur - 2
Cloudless Sulphur - 1
Monarch - 3


Queen Anne's County

08/11/08 - 355pm-410pm
John Brown Rd., Centreville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 73 degrees, N 7 mph- NW 8 mph
OBSERVERS: 3

Great Egret - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Killdeer - 15
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Laughing Gull - 1 (distance flyby)
Barn Swallow - 9
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 300 (on wires)
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1 (heard only)
Song Sparrow - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1 (heard only?)
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 15
TOTAL BIRDS: 336

08/11/08 - 425pm-440pm
Route 18, Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 74 degrees, NW 7 mph 
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 20
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 2
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 1
Snowy Egret - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 5
Osprey - 2
Laughing Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Herring Gull - 3
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
American Crow - 3
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 1 (91 species total overall)
TOTAL BIRDS: 62


    Kevin Graff
    West Ocean City, MD