Hi Everyone,
I spent Sunday (11/2) birding Worcester Co. with Jim Brighton and Ron Gutberlet. Although windy conditions were sometimes challenging, we managed to find noteworthy birds throughout the day. Among favorites were VESPER and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, ROSS'S and RICHARDSON'S GEESE, a juvenile BLACK SKIMMER actually roosting in the OC Inlet parking lot, a few nice November birds such as CATTLE EGRET and BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and some impressive concentrations. Below are Full eBird lists from Assateague and abridged lists from the rest of the day.
Assateague I. NS--Bayside
Brant--6
American Black Duck--28
Mallard--3
Northern Pintail--7
Surf Scoter--19
Bufflehead--4
Red-breasted Merganser--1
duck sp.--26
Common Loon--5
Double-crested Cormorant--7
Great Blue Heron--1
Turkey Vulture--1
Black-bellied Plover--2
Laughing Gull--5
Ring-billed Gull--5
Herring Gull--82
Great Black-backed Gull--2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)--1
Carolina Wren--2
Golden-crowned Kinglet--3
American Robin--100
Northern Mockingbird--3
Cedar Waxwing--7
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--16
Eastern Towhee--1
Song Sparrow--2
Swamp Sparrow--1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)--5
Red-winged Blackbird--6
Purple Finch--3
Pine Siskin--1
Assateague I. NS--Bayside Campground
Brant--5
American Black Duck--1
Red-breasted Merganser--3
Red-throated Loon--5
Common Loon--4
Double-crested Cormorant--4
Great Blue Heron--7
Merlin--1
Black-bellied Plover--2
Killdeer--1
Dunlin--4
peep sp.--8
Laughing Gull--1
Ring-billed Gull--1
Great Black-backed Gull--1
Downy Woodpecker--2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)--1
Tree Swallow--15
Carolina Wren--6
American Robin--27
Gray Catbird--1
Northern Mockingbird--2
Brown Thrasher--1
European Starling--3
Cedar Waxwing--3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--67
Palm Warbler (Yellow)--4
Eastern Towhee--2
Chipping Sparrow--7
Clay-colored Sparrow--1
Field Sparrow--2
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)--2
Song Sparrow--15
Swamp Sparrow--3
White-throated Sparrow--28
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)--15
Northern Cardinal--3
Red-winged Blackbird--2
Meadowlark sp.--1
Brown-headed Cowbird--2
Assateague I. NS--Maintenance Yard
Common Loon--6
Sharp-shinned Hawk--1
Herring Gull--1
Downy Woodpecker--1
Tree Swallow--150
Carolina Chickadee--1
Carolina Wren--2
American Robin--6
Gray Catbird--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--16
Chipping Sparrow--2
Field Sparrow--1
White-throated Sparrow--2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)--6
Baltimore Oriole--1
Assateague State Park
American Black Duck--7
dark-winged scoter sp.--100
Tree Swallow--100
Carolina Chickadee--1
Red-breasted Nuthatch--2
Carolina Wren--1
American Robin--5
Cedar Waxwing--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--50
warbler sp.--1
Chipping Sparrow--1
Swamp Sparrow--1
White-throated Sparrow--1
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)--1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)--1
House Finch--3
Pine Siskin--1
Assateague I. NS--Visitor Center area
Double-crested Cormorant--59
Black Vulture--2
Turkey Vulture--2
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)--1
Ring-billed Gull--15
Herring Gull (American)--5
Belted Kingfisher--1
Blue Jay--1
Tree Swallow--50
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--65
Palm Warbler (Western)--1
Field Sparrow--1
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)--5
Song Sparrow--10
Swamp Sparrow--2
Rum Pointe Golf Course
Mallard--4
Lesser Scaup--2
Double-crested Cormorant--190
Ring-billed Gull--5
Herring Gull (American)--1
Great Black-backed Gull--1
Fish Crow--8
Tree Swallow--40; no large concentration here during our visit; windy; no Cave Swallows today
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)--1
Eastern Meadowlark--1; called
Snug Harbor Road (Bayside Development)
Canada Goose--2
Gadwall--11
American Wigeon--71
American Black Duck--3
Mallard--16
Ruddy Duck--2
Pied-billed Grebe--1
Double-crested Cormorant--150
Osprey--1
American Coot--8
Ocean City Inlet
Brant (Atlantic)--8
Surf Scoter--300
scoter sp.--800; conservative estimate; constant large flocks passing by; easily in the 1000s if a dedicated watch was completed
Long-tailed Duck--2
Red-throated Loon--1
Brown Pelican--1
Ruddy Turnstone--9; two hanging out in the parking lot
Sanderling--2
Laughing Gull--28
Ring-billed Gull--80
Herring Gull (American)--60
Great Black-backed Gull--4
Forster's Tern--20
Royal Tern--2
Black Skimmer--1 juvenile; flew out of the inlet to roost in the parking lot with the gull flock
passerine sp.--1; flew in off the ocean and disappeared in a landscaped area
West Ocean City Pond area
NOTE: Completely dry on 11/2
Snowy Egret--1; Small drainage pond on east side of Golf Course Road south of West OC Pond
Ocean Pines
** No sightings of note
Evans Road
** No sightings of note. Too windy
Newark WWTP
Cackling Goose (Richardson's)--1
Canada Goose--440
Mallard--5
CATTLE EGRET--1; perched between impoundments
Horned Lark--10
Truitts Landing (mid-afternoon)
American Black Duck--60
Blue-winged Teal--1
Green-winged Teal--52
Bufflehead--1
Bald Eagle--1
Northern Harrier--1
Virginia Rail--5; calling spontaneously
Greater Yellowlegs--9
Sedge Wren--2
Swamp Sparrow--1
E.A. Vaughn WMA--North (late afternoon)
Snow Goose--948; large seines flying north to roost; we apparently found them going to roost at Truitt's Landing at dusk.
Ross's Goose--1; unusually satisfying views of a flyby
Canada Goose--16
American Black Duck--1
Green-winged Teal (American)--16
Northern Bobwhite--18
Greater Yellowlegs--2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--19
Field Sparrow--4
Vesper Sparrow--1
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)--40
Song Sparrow--30
Swamp Sparrow--120; easily the densest concentration of Swamp Sparrows I have ever seen; could have been 200-300 birds; rivaled greatest Myrtle Warbler concentrations I've seen; dozens scattering nearly constantly as we walked; many stood out as especially dark plumaged
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)--2 immature
Truitts Landing (dusk)
Snow Goose--c. 1000; going to roost; almost certainly the large flocks seen passing over Vaughn North
Canada Goose--300
duck sp.--30
Wilson's Snipe--1; flew off, calling, at dusk
Good times! Don't forget the upcoming Rarity Roundup on Saturday, 11/15!
I'll try to post a few photos tonight.
Good birding,
Bill
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland
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