Hi Folks seven hardy Birders  joined Field trip leader Danny Poet  for a mid winter trip to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center  in Grasonville Md   on Sunday Feb  1  We located 42 species  Marshy creek and Lake Knapp and the small ponds all frozen over so most  waterfowl was distant .  Morning windy so small birds stayed hunkered in brush as much as possible . Numbers are rough but Highlights were 

Canada Goose       15  on a frozen pond 
Tundra Swan   4
American   Black Duck    3
Mallard   2
Canvasback     200 flyovers
Lesser Scaup   
Long tailed  Duck    2
Bufflehead      30
Common Goldeneye     4
Ruddy Duck  
Great  Blue Heron     2
Black Vulture       2
Turkey Vulture     2
Bald Eagle      1 immature   flyover    seen by  2  people while at the gate waiting for the Easton group 
Sharp  shinned Hawk     1  quick flyby  seen  by a few  folks 
Red shouldered Hawk     1 flyover seen by 2 folks   at gate while waiting  for  Easton group 
Red Tailed Hawk      1
Ring Billed Gull
Herring Gull
Greater Black backed Gull   1 flyover
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red Bellied Woodpecker    2
Yellow bellied Sapsucker    1
Downy Woodpecker      1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     6
Carolina Chickadee     6
Tufted Titmouse       1     
Brown -  headed Nuthatch    4
Carolina  Wren   2
Eastern Bluebird    3
Northern Mockingbird     5
Starling
Cedar waxwing   3
Yellow Rumped Warbler   30
Fox Sparrow   1   seen by a few 
Song sparrow   12
Swamp Sparrow  4 
White  - Throated Sparrow   12
Dark - eyed Junco   10
Northern Cardinal    6
Red winged Blackbird


Happy Birding 
Danny Poet
Queenstown, Maryland 









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