Hi Everyone,

Dana Bronecke and I were fogged in at Bayside this morning; we couldn't see much of the bay at all.  Even so, we counted over 200 Bufflehead.  It would have been interesting to get a complete census of bay birds this morning, but it was still foggy when we left.  Nothing unusual to report, but our full eBird lists are below.

Last week we counted on Wednesday (11/5/2008), and our best bird was a single Purple Sandpiper that Dana spotted on the remains of that dock/bridge just offshore at Bayside.

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
 



Location:     Assateague I. NS--Bayside
Traveling Count:  0.25 mi, 7:10-8:15 am
Observers: Ron Gutberlet and Dana Bronecke

Weather: 62 F, calm with wind at only 1 mph, overcast, relative humidity 83%, barometric pressure 29.96 in. (weather data from accuweather.com for Ocean City, MD); at Bayside we experienced a light mist and heavy fog that allowed visibility to only ca. 0.5 mi; most of the water could not be seen, and we were only able to count the Bufflehead and a couple loons close to shore.

Number of species:     22

Canada Goose     2
Bufflehead     93
duck sp.     3
Common Loon     2
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Sanderling     1
Ring-billed Gull     1
Herring Gull     14
Mourning Dove     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Fish Crow     160
Carolina Wren     3
Gray Catbird     3
Northern Mockingbird     2
Cedar Waxwing     10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     58
Eastern Towhee     2
Song Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     3
Northern Cardinal     4
Red-winged Blackbird     213
Eastern Meadowlark     1



Location:     Assateague I. NS--Bayside Campground
Traveling Count:  0.5 mi, 8:15-9:00 am
Observers: Ron Gutberlet and Dana Bronecke

Weather: 62 F, calm with wind at only 1 mph, overcast, relative humidity 83%, barometric pressure 29.97 in. (weather data from accuweather.com for Ocean City, MD); at Bayside Campground heavy fog allowed visibility to only ca. 0.5-1 mile; most of the water could not be seen, and we were only able to count the Bufflehead and one loon close to shore.

Number of species:     18

Bufflehead     126
Common Loon     1
Black-bellied Plover     1
Sanderling     1
Ring-billed Gull     1
Herring Gull     3
Mourning Dove     1
Carolina Wren     6
Gray Catbird     7
Brown Thrasher     2
European Starling     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     62
Eastern Towhee     1
Song Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     1
Northern Cardinal     5
Red-winged Blackbird     3

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