Hi Everyone,

Results from our weekly count at Bayside at Assateague are below.  Prior to our count we saw one Northern Bobwhite beside the road in the state park.  It was nice to see Brant flying south in small groups of 5 to 16.  Mike Walsh picked out a single Black and White Warbler among the many Myrtles.  I was listening and watching for Pine Siskins, given all the recent reports, but we did not detect any.

The closest we came to Mark Hoffman's Western Kingbird (found and photographed yesterday) was on the viewing screen of his camera.

Another good morning nonetheless!

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
 

  

Location:     Assateague I. NS--Bayside
Observation date:     10/17/08, 7:20-9:05 am
Stationary Count

Observers: Ron Gutberlet, Dana Bronecke, Kim Hunter, Richard Hunter, Patrick Masterson, Mike Walsh.  Mark Hoffman was also present part of the time and was the one who observed the Eastern Phoebe.  Both Mark Hoffman and Mike Walsh explored further afield, and very likely encountered additional species.

Weather: 58-61 F, mostly cloudy with very few sprinkles of rain, wind NNE to N at 6-13 mph (wind speed diminished later in the observation period), 45-71% relative humidity (increasing during observation period), barometric pressure 30.08-30.10 in.  Weather data recorded from accuweather.com for Ocean City, MD.

Double-crested Cormorants: 32 were northbound and mostly flying low; 531 were southbound and mostly flying high in loose to structured V's; number of southbound cormorants seen together ("flock" size) varied from 1 to 103.

Number of species:     34

Brant     47
Canada Goose     5
Green-winged Teal     3
duck sp.     49
Common Loon     2
loon sp.     4
Brown Pelican     4
Double-crested Cormorant     563
Great Blue Heron     12
Great Egret     1
Little Blue Heron     5
Osprey     5
Bald Eagle     1
Black-bellied Plover     1
peep sp.     12
Laughing Gull     29
Ring-billed Gull     3
Herring Gull     29
Great Black-backed Gull     2
Caspian Tern     14
Royal Tern     28
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     6
Eastern Phoebe     1
Carolina Wren     2
Golden-crowned Kinglet     4
American Robin     5
Northern Mockingbird     2
European Starling     12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     33
Black-and-white Warbler     1
warbler sp.     28
Red-winged Blackbird     86
Boat-tailed Grackle     48
blackbird sp.     5

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



Location:     Assateague I. NS--Bayside
Observation date:     10/17/08, 9:05-9:30 am
Walking count around the perimeter of the parking lot (ca. 0.25 mi)

Observers: Ron Gutberlet, Dana Bronecke, Kim Hunter, Richard Hunter, Patrick Masterson, Mike Walsh.

Weather: 58 F, mostly cloudy with very light and intermittent rain (sprinkles only), wind N at 6 mph, 71% relative humidity, barometric pressure 30.10 in.  Weather data from accuweather.com for Ocean City, MD.

Double-crested Cormorants: 2 were northbound; 98 were southbound.

Number of species:     18

Brant     23
duck sp.     21
Double-crested Cormorant     100
Great Blue Heron     3
Osprey     1
Herring Gull     2
Caspian Tern     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     2
Golden-crowned Kinglet     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     13
Eastern Towhee     2
Northern Cardinal     2

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