Hi all,
First Mississippi Kite spotted at 1104am from the south to east at the distance; at 1106am, 2nd bird appear from the north/northeast over the field; at 1110am, 1st bird from earlier joined second one; at 1120am, immature appeared from the north/northeast; at 1131am, 3 adults and one immature seen. Very exciting day!!
08/19/08 - 750am-825am
End of Trueman Point Rd., Eagle Harbor, Prince George's Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 73-74 degrees, W 4 mph- WNW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 19
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
Killdeer - 1
Laughing Gull - 114
Black-headed Gull - 1 (winter plumage adult)
Ring-billed Gull - 38 (also one Ring-billed/Black-headed Gull hybrid)
Herring Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
American Crow - 1
Fish Crow - 2
Barn Swallow - 5
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 3
Northern Cardinal - 1
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
House Finch - 6
American Goldfinch - 1 (distance flyby)
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 27
TOTAL BIRDS: 212
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Red-banded Hairstreak - 1
08/19/08 - 830am-925am
Patuxent River Park "Aquasco Farm" Brandywine, Prince George's Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 76-80 degrees, WNW 6 mph- WNW 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Canada Goose - 4 (flyby, nearby pond)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 (flyby, nearby pond)
Belted Kingfisher - 1 (nearby pond)
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 9
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 18
Chipping Sparrow - 1 (nearby road)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 4
Bobolink - 7
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 16
Orchard Oriole - 1
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 33
TOTAL BIRDS: 90
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1
AMPHIBIANS
Southern Leopard Frog - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Pipevine Swallowtail - 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6
Cabbage White - 2
Orange Sulphur - 3
Clouded/Orange Sulphur - 1 (female white form)
Clouded Sulphur - 1
Cloudless Sulphur - 3
Gray Hairstreak - 1
Eastern Tailed Blue - 1
Monarch - 2
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 3
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 2
Eastern Pondhawk - 2
08/19/08 - 10am-1210pm
Piscataway Park "Accokeek Creek" Accokeek, Prince George Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 82-85 degrees, WNW 9 mph- W 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 5
Canada Goose - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 6
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 5
Cooper's Hawk - 1 (quick flyby)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
MISSISSIPPI KITE - 4 (3 ad, 1 imm)
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 38 (single flock flyby N)
Mourning Dove - 3
Chimney Swift - 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 4
Eastern Kingbird - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 5
Fish Crow - 3
Purple Martin - 5
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 185
Barn Swallow - 142
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 5
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 5
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 37
TOTAL BIRDS: 446
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 15
Zebra Swallowtail - 1
Black Swallowtail - 4
Cabbage White - 5
Orange Sulphur - 4
Cloudless Sulphur - 1
Eastern Tailed Blue - 2
Monarch - 2
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1
Horace's Duskywing - 1 (woods area along boardwalk)
Least Skipper - 2
Sachem - 2
Zabulon Skipper - 1
DRAGONFLIES (tons more over the field not open to public)
Common Green Darner - 55
Swamp Darner - 1
Prince Baskettail - 1
Widow Skimmer - 2 (boardwalk over creek)
Common Whitetail - 1
Needham's Skimmer - 13
Great Blue Skimmer - 4
Eastern Pondhawk - 49
Black Saddlebags - 7
Kevin Graff
West Ocean City, MD
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