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Queen Anne's-Kent Counties, 11/08/08

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 9 Nov 2008 06:45:21 -0800

Hi all,



11/08/08 - 9am-910am
Rt 50, Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 59 degrees, SSW 7 mph
OBSERVERS: John D, Kevin G, Nico S, Joe T

Canada Goose - 8 (distance flyby SE)
Mallard - 3
Bufflehead - 3
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 1 (under bridge)
Forster's Tern - 4 (headed S over bridge)
Rock Pigeon - 162
Mourning Dove - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 245
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 439

11/08/08 - 1035am-1125am
Kibler Rd, Chestertown, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 57-59 degrees, SE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: 9

Snow Goose - 220
Canada Goose - 340
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Killdeer - 8
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Northern Flicker - 1
Northern Shrike - 1 (ad.)
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 4
Horned Lark - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 65
American Pipit - 1 (heard by others)
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 25
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 684

11/08/08 - 1145am-1240pm
Great Oak Pond, Great Oak Landing Rd., Chestertown, Kent Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 60 degrees, SE 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 6

Snow Goose - 280
Canada Goose - 170
Mallard - 36
Northern Shoveler - 7
Northern Pintail - 3
Green-winged Teal - 14
Lesser Scaup - 5
Bufflehead - 6
Ruddy Duck - 138
Black Vulture - 5 (nearby road)
Turkey Vulture - 3
Bald Eagle - 1
Northern Harrier - 2 (nearby road)
American Kestrel - 1 (nearby road)
Black-bellied Plover - 1 (heard calling, confirmed sighting by few)
Rock Pigeon - 35              
Mourning Dove - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Horned Lark - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
American Pipit - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (flyby)
Red-winged Blackbird - 35
Brown-headed Cowbird - 10
SPECIES: 29
TOTAL BIRDS: 768

11/08/08 - 130pm-445pm
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center "Horsehead" Discovery Ln., Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 60-56 degrees, SE 6 mph- SE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: John D, Kevin G, Nico S, Joe T

Canada Goose - 357
Mute Swan - 8
American Wigeon - 2
American Black Duck - 6
Mallard - 3
Greater Scaup - 1
Lesser Scaup - 28
Surf Scoter - 179
Bufflehead - 12
Ruddy Duck - 582
Pied-billed Grebe - 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
Western Sandpiper - 1
Dunlin - 40
Laughing Gull - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 11
Herring Gull - 2
Caspian Tern - 3
Royal Tern - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1 (nearby pond)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 6
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 2
Fish Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (John & Joe)
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 2
Marsh Wren - 1 
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 5
Hermit Thrush - 1 (Cabin Cr, Nico)
American Robin - 54
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 55
Eastern Towhee - 3
Song Sparrow - 8
Swamp Sparrow - 4
White-throated Sparrow - 24
"Slate-colored" Junco - 3
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 345 (flyby to roost at Cabin Cr)
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 1 (Cabin Cr)
SPECIES: 55
TOTAL BIRDS: 1798

MAMMALS
Eastern Cottontail - 1
Gray Squirrel - 1


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD