I spent this morning and early afternoon in Kent County and had 4 species of geese at Great Oak Pond. (Still quite short of Walter's record :).
Location: Great Oak Pond
Observation date: 12/18/08 - 9:30 am - 10:15 am
Number of species: 17
Snow Goose 3000 (One goose with a Yellow C ollar with black letters PJ72)
ROSS'S GOOSE 1 (The Ross's Goose was a light phase immature and in the same flock as the collared Snow Goose)
Cackling Goose 1
Canada Goose 1500
Tundra Swan 5
Mallard 50
Northern Shoveler 30
Bufflehead 3
Ruddy Duck 48
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 1
Eastern Bluebird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 2
Location: Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Observation date: 12/18/08
Number of species: 50
Canada Goose 5000
Tundra Swan 300
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 20
American Black Duck 200
Mallard 110
Northern Shoveler 40
Northern Pintail 2
Canvasback 1
Greater Scaup 15
Lesser Scaup 20
Greater/Lesser Scaup 250
SURF SCOTER 4
LONG-TAILED DUCK 6
Bufflehead 300
Common Goldeneye 40
Common Merganser 5
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 12
Common Loon 1
Horned Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 35
Bald Eagle 4
Northern Harrier 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Ring-billed Gull 20
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 3
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 3
Eastern Bluebird 6
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 24
House Sparrow 2
Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD |