Hi all,



11/20/08 - 810am-835am
Route 33, McDaniel, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 38 degrees, W 9 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Paul N

Canada Goose - 410
Mallard - 2
Bufflehead - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 11
Bald Eagle - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Herring Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 21
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 12
American Robin - 75
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 25
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 80
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 23
TOTAL BIRDS: 663

11/20/08 - 835am-9am
MES landbase, Chicken Point Rd., Tilghman, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 39 degrees, W 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 24

Canada Goose - 18 (flyby)
Mallard - 16
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Laughing Gull - 2 (returned trip at dock, seen by few)
Ring-billed Gull -  8
Herring Gull - 3
Great Black-backed Gull - 12
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1 (flyby)
Belted Kingfisher - 1 (Joe H and few others)
Blue Jay - 1
American Robin - 20 (flyby)
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 5
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 95

11/20/08 - 920am-1220pm
Paul Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island, Tilghman, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 39-45 degrees, W 10 mph- NW 15 mph
LEADER: Robin Armetta
COORDINATORS: Kevin Graff/Joe Hanfman (for Howard Co group 9 in attend) 
OBSERVERS: 24

Canada Goose - 22 
Cackling Goose - 1 (flyby w/ 16 Canadas on way to island)
Tundra Swan - 8
Gadwall - 5
American Black Duck - 54
Mallard - 93
Northern Shoveler - 40
Green-winged Teal - 20 
Canvasback - 1
Greater Scaup - 12 
Lesser Scaup - 534
Surf Scoter - 9 
Black Scoter - 2 (seen by few)
Long-tailed Duck - 116 
Bufflehead - 78
Ruddy Duck - 59
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 1 (imm., following fishing boat)
Great Blue Heron - 6
Black Vulture - 2 (distance flyby, Joe H)
Turkey Vulture - 2 (distance flyby, Joe H)
Bald Eagle - 3 
Northern Harrier - 2
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Sanderling - 15 
Dunlin - 5
Bonaparte's Gull - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 37
Herring Gull - 14
Great Black-backed Gull - 168
Forster's Tern - 1
BLACK SKIMMER - 1 (imm.)
SNOWY OWL - 1 (imm.)
Horned Lark - 1 
Tree Swallow - 1
European Starling - 12
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
SNOW BUNTING - 35
Red-winged Blackbird - 51
SPECIES: 41
TOTAL BIRDS: 1423

11/20/08 - 115pm-250pm
Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Audubon Ln., Easton, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 48-44 degrees, NW 12 mph- WNW 10 mph
OBSERVERS: John D, Kevin G, John L, Paul N, Joe T

Canada Goose - 65 (distance flyby, on way to Pickering Creek)
American Black Duck - 8 (flyby)
Great Blue Heron - 2
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 16
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1 (Paul & John L)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 3 (flyby)
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Carolina Wren - 2
Winter Wren - 1 (John D, Joe T)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 49
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Eastern Towhee - 2
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 12
"Slate-colored" Junco - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
Rusty Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - 45000 (swarmed over main road, few starling & redwings)
Purple Finch - 2 (John D, Joe T)
American Goldfinch - 8
SPECIES: 37
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS: 45235


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