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Kent and QA Counties, 10/4

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Bill Hubick

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Sat, 4 Oct 2008 17:50:59 -0700

Hi Everyone,

I spent the day birding Kent and Queen Anne's Counties with Jim Brighton, John Hubbell, and Jim Stasz. Jim Brighton, John, and I tried to start the day at Eastern Neck NWR, but learned too late that the refuge was closed for a special hunt. We made a few stops around Great Oak Pond, then met up with Jim Stasz in Millington WMA for a few hours. John and I ended the afternoon at Horsehead (Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center). Below are the abridged lists:

North end of Eastern Neck NWR, Kent Co.

Lesser Yellowlegs--1
Least Sandpiper--1
Laughing Gull--60
Ring-billed Gull--25
Herring Gull (American)--1
Caspian Tern--12
Forster's Tern--40
Royal Tern--5
Bobolink--3

Fish Hatchery Road, Kent Co.

Wood Duck--1 drake
Cape May Warbler--1 adult male
Black-throated Green Warbler--1
Black-and-white Warbler--1
Common Yellowthroat--1
Indigo Bunting--2

Great Oak Pond, Kent Co.

Snow Goose--320 in nearby field
Canada Goose--400
American Black Duck--1
Mallard--est. 150
Northern Shoveler--3
Northern Pintail--est. 30
Green-winged Teal (American)--est. 80
Ruddy Duck--37
Tree Swallow--25
Barn Swallow--3

Millington WMA, Kent Co.

Black Vulture--1
Turkey Vulture--8
Bald Eagle--3
Sharp-shinned Hawk--2
Sora--1 adult; flushed from a wet meadow and watched it run through the dense vegetation
Eastern Wood-Pewee--1
Eastern Phoebe--7
Blue-headed Vireo--1
Red-eyed Vireo--1
White-breasted Nuthatch--1
House Wren--3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--3
Eastern Bluebird--9
American Robin--35
Gray Catbird--7
Brown Thrasher--3
Cedar Waxwing--11
Tennessee Warbler--1
Northern Parula--1
Magnolia Warbler--1
Black-throated Blue Warbler--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--7
Black-and-white Warbler--1
Common Yellowthroat--5
Eastern Towhee--9
Chipping Sparrow--26
Field Sparrow--16
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW--1; close views and photos; my first clear migrant in Maryland
Song Sparrow--2
Swamp Sparrow--3
White-throated Sparrow--3
Blue Grosbeak--1
Indigo Bunting--13
Non-avian: Eastern Chipmunk, Northern Cricket Frogs, Southern Leopard Frogs, Monarch (1), Pearl Crescent (~5), Orange Sulfur (~3), Cabbage White (2), Common Buckeye (~8), Painted Lady (~5).

Notes: Before we arrived, Jim Stasz had a Lincoln's Sparrow, a Clay-colored Sparrow, and a glimpse at a possible Townsend's Warbler (got away). 

Eastern Caroline Co.
Non-avian: One marshy area had numerous Blue-faced Meadowhawks.

Horsehead (Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center), QA Co.

Mute Swan--2
Green-winged Teal (American)--22
Great Egret--4
Snowy Egret--2
Semipalmated Plover--est. 24
Killdeer--1
Greater Yellowlegs--est. 15
Lesser Yellowlegs--est. 25
Western Sandpiper--7
Least Sandpiper--est. 15
White-rumped Sandpiper--1
Pectoral Sandpiper--13
Stilt Sandpiper--40; exact count
Brown-headed Nuthatch--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--3

Good birding!

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com