9/2/08 I decided to bird around the Pocomoke City area.
Starting at Unionville Rd and River View Rd heading towards the Sand  Pits I 
saw the following birds,
15 Blue Grosbeaks
27 Bobolinks 
2 Pileated Woodpeckers
2 Downey Woodpeckers
2 Common Yellowthroats
7 Indigo Buntings 
30+ Bluebirds
1 Field Sparrow 
5 Song Sparrows 
40+ Chipping Sparrows
15 Carolina Chickadees
2 Tufted Titmice
3 Carolina Wrens 
9 Morning Doves
12 Goldfinches
1 Wood duck 
4 Red tailed Hawks 
2 Coopers Hawks
1 Kestrel 
1 Chestnut sided Warbler 
3 Pine Warblers
47 Black Vultures
36 Turkey Vultures  
Turning Right on Sand Pit Rd.  I saw a tree filled  with Starlings and almost 
decided to keep on driving but scanned the tree  just in case there was 
something else besides the Starlings. Right in front  of me was a smaller yellowish 
brown bird that was pumping its  tail  up and down. I looked closer and saw 
that it was my  first  Northern Waterthrush.  Wow! To think I was going to miss 
 out on a life bird because of some Starlings. 
other birds I saw  besides  N. Waterthrush.
50+ Starlings 
9 Mockingbirds
2 Brown Thrashers
3 Ruby throated Hummingbirds
1 Yellow billed Cuckoo
At Sand Pits:
8 Bald Eagles 
100+ Canada Geese 
14 Black Ducks  
4 Wood Ducks
2 Wild Turkeys
3 Male Bobolinks ( still in breeding plumage) 
Moving South towards VA I stopped to bird right on the boarder on Holland  
Rd. There I was greeted by the following birds.
10 Red eyed Vireos
6 White eyed Vireos 
5 Philadelphia Vireos  
1 Black and White Warbler    
2 Northern Parula
17 American Redstart
4 Louisiana Waterthrush
2 Worm -eating Warblers
5 Pileated Woodpeckers 
17 Wood Ducks 
Before heading home I noticed a warbler with pink feet and beak. I  also 
noticed that it had complete white eye ring. It ran on the ground and  up a vine 
to eye level. I  look in my Sibley bird  book and noticed that it was a 1st 
winter Connecticut Warbler,    A rare find for this area and lifer number 2 for 
the day. 
Back home I added a new back yard bird with 30+ Bobolinks.  
                                                                              
                                      Birding forever 
                                                                              
                                     Jennifer Elmer
                                                                              
                               Pocomoke  City MD      
  
 
              
   



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