Hi all,
Joined Sean McCandless and two others on a Cecil Bird Club trip to Ocean City and beyond and was surprised to have a good day even with the bitter cold air. We ended the day with 78 species including 26 waterfowl. Total individual is at bottom.
01/17/09 - 805am-840am
Ocean Pines South Pond, Ocean Pines, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 10-12 degrees, N 4 mph (85%-90% ice on pond)
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., David K., Sean McC., Lois P.
Snow Goose - 280 (nearby field)
Canada Goose - 583
American Wigeon - 2 (Sean)
Mallard - 50
Northern Shoveler - 8
Northern Pintail - 2 (Sean)
Canvasback - 244
Ring-necked Duck - 52
Hooded Merganser - 12
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 29
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 16
Belted Kingfisher - 1
American Crow - 3
European Starling - 4
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1 (woodedge)
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 1289
01/17/09 - 850am-910am
West Ocean City Pond, Golf Course Rd., West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 12 degrees, NNE 7 mph (99% ice on pond)
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., David K., Sean McC., Lois P.
Canada Goose - 45
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 10
Great Blue Heron - 11
Black-crowned Night Heron - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 133
Herring Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
American Crow - 1
European Starling - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
SPECIES: 13
TOTAL BIRDS: 214
01/17/09 - 910am-925am
Behind Hooper's Crab House Restaurant, North Isle Ln., West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 12-14 degrees, NNE 7 mph- NE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., David K., Sean McC., Lois P.
Atlantic Brant - 236
American Black Duck - 2
Bufflehead - 32
Red-breasted Merganser - 10
Ruddy Duck - 23
Common Loon - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
American Oystercatcher - 10
Sanderling - 28
Dunlin - 10
Ring-billed Gull - 86
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 4
Rock Pigeon - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 8
Swamp Sparrow - 1 (heard by Sean)
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 468
01/17/09 - 930am-1035am
Ocean City Inlet "Inlet Park" South 2nd St., Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 15-16 degrees, NE 5 mph- calm
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., David K., Sean McC., Lois P.
Atlantic Brant - 62 (some flyby south)
Gadwall - 10 (Sean)
American Black Duck - 24
Greater Scaup - 4
Common Eider - 1
Surf Scoter - 1 (45+ scoter sp in heat shimmer)
Long-tailed Duck - 38
Bufflehead - 56
Red-breasted Merganser - 19
Ruddy Duck - 1
Red-throated Loon - 15
Common Loon - 26
Horned Grebe - 28
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
American Oystercatcher - 1 (Sean)
Ruddy Turnstone - 13
Sanderling - 11
Purple Sandpiper - 8
Bonaparte's Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 52
Herring Gull - 49
Great Black-backed Gull - 8
Rock Pigeon - 15
European Starling - 6
"Slate-colored" Junco -1
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 27
TOTAL BIRDS: 454
01/17/09 - 1105am-1245pm
Assateague Island State Park, Bayberry Dr., Berlin, Worcester CO., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 17-19 degrees, calm- variable 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., David K., Sean McC.
Canada Goose - 8
Atlantic Brant - 55
American Black Duck - 50
Long-tailed Duck - 2
Bufflehead - 65
Common Goldeneye - 1 (drake, flyby)
Hooded Merganser - 1 (hen, flyby)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 26
Herring Gull - 15
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Northern Flicker - 1 (Sean)
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 3
American Robin - 9
European Starling - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 156
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 4
"Slate-colored" Junco - 20
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 5
Common Grackle - 95
Brown-headed Cowbird - 25
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 32
TOTAL BIRDS: 558
01/17/09 - 1120am-1210pm
Assateague Island National Seashore "OSV Zone" Bayberry Dr., Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 17-18 degrees, variable 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., David K., Sean McC.
Atlantic Brant - 62 (headed south)
Surf Scoter - 32
Bufflehead - 9
Red-breasted Merganser - 10
Red-throated Loon - 1
Common Loon - 9
Northern Gannet - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Sanderling - 15
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 39
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
SNOWY OWL - 2 (roughly 3 miles down OSV, 2 miles apart)
American Robin - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 200
01/17/09 - 105pm-130pm
Route 50, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 20 degrees, SSE 8 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., David K., Sean McC.
Canada Goose - 2
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 16
Turkey Vulture - 4
Northern Harrier - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Killdeer - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 340
American Crow - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 40
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 418
01/17/09 - 150pm-330pm
Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin, High St., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 23-21 degrees, SSW 7 mph- S 10 mph
OBSERVERS: John D., Kevin G., David K., Sean McC. +7
Canada Goose - 324 (flushed from Great Marsh Park, seen from marina)
Tundra Swan - 14
American Wigeon - 29
Mallard - 30
Canvasback - 894
Redhead - 1
TUFTED DUCK - 1 (drake)
Greater Scaup - 16
Lesser Scaup - 610
Surf Scoter - 12
Long-tailed Duck - 7
Bufflehead - 43
Common Goldeneye - 52
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE - 1
Ruddy Duck - 5
Common Loon - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 75
Herring Gull - 15
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 10
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 26
TOTAL BIRDS: 2155
01/17/09 - 420pm-450pm
Route 301, Centreville, Queen Anne's Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 21 degrees, SSE 6 mph- S 8 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G., David K., Sean McC.
Snow Goose - 3460
Cackling "Richardson's" Goose - 1
Canada Goose - 140
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 2 (old silo)
Mourning Dove - 1
American Crow - 2
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 14 **(78 species total, including 26 waterfowl species)**
TOTAL BIRDS: 3615 **(9371 total individual)**
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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