Hi all,



11/22/08 - 930am-1pm
Blackwater NWR, Key Wallace Dr., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 34-37 degrees, WNW 16 mph- W 12 mph
OBSERVERS: 7 

Snow Goose - 2 (one white, one blue)
Cackling "Richardson's" Goose - 1
Canada Goose - 3760
Tundra Swan - 16
Gadwall - 1
Am Black Duck - 10
Mallard - 79
Northern Shoveler - 16
Northern Pintail - 54
Green-winged Teal - 14
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 3 (Joe H had 19 earlier before our arrival)
Turkey Vulture - 6
Bald Eagle - 9
Northern Harrier - 5
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
American Kestrel - 1
Killdeer - 7
Dunlin - 1 (Joe H had 50 earlier)
Laughing Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 53
Herring Gull - 2
Forster's Tern - 4
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1 (Joe H earlier)
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Horned Lark - 20
Carolina Chickadee - 7
Tufted Titmouse - 7
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 3
Brown Creeper - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 28
Hermit Thrush - 3
American Robin - 61
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 81
American Pipit - 15
Cedar Waxwing - 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 8
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 4
White-throated Sparrow - 16
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 14
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 28
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Rusty Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 1
Purple Finch - 6 (Joe H earlier)
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 48
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 66
TOTAL BIRDS: 4590

11/22/08 - 115pm-250pm
Blackwater NWR "Tubman Road Trail" Hip Roof Rd., Church Creek, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 37 degrees, NW 12 mph- WNW 11 mph
OBSERVERS: 7

Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (John D, Leslie S, Joe T)
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 3
Brown Creeper - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 9
Eastern Bluebird - 12
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 155
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 3
Chipping Sparrow - 8
Song Sparrow - 3
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 25
"Slate-colored" Junco - 12
American Goldfinch - 8
SPECIES: 26
TOTAL BIRDS: 266

11/22/08 - 320pm-350pm
Waterfowl Viewing Area, Oakley St., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 36-35 degrees, WNW 11 mph- WNW 8 mph
OBSERVERS: 7

Canada Goose - 55
Tundra Swan - 6
American Wigeon - 2
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 23
Lesser Scaup - 1
Surf Scoter - 30
Long-tailed Duck - 24
Bufflehead - 28
Common Goldeneye - 4
Ruddy Duck - 1
Common Loon - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Laughing Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 56
Herring Gull - 6
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Rock Pigeon - 5
Mourning Dove - 1
American Robin - 50
European Starling - 8
SPECIES: 23
TOTAL BIRDS: 314


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