Hi Everyone,
Lance Biechele, Dana Bronecke, and I birded Pemberton Park this morning from 8-10 am. Highlights included Hairy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, and Rusty Blackbird. The complete list is below (including the notes for eBird's Rusty Blackbird Blitz).
Have fun,
Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
Distance: 0.5 mi by car on entrance road, 0.75 mi by foot
Conditions: all water open; tide relatively low
Weather (from accuweather.com for Salisbury, MD): 57-61 F, mostly cloudy, wind SW to WSW at 11-13 mph, relative humidity 80-66%, barometric pressure 30.07-30.04 in, no precipitation
Number of species: 38
Canada Goose 98
American Black Duck 19
Mallard 24
Double-crested Cormorant 1 flying up the Wicomico River
Great Blue Heron 3 2 were standing in nests in the small rookery across the Wicomico River from Pemberton Park
Turkey Vulture 8
Bald Eagle 3
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 5 very vocal, occasionally flying around the large marsh on the Wicomico River
Herring Gull 17
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 4
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 10
American Robin 351
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 5
Pine Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 3
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 73
Common Grackle 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
RUSTY BLACKBIRD 2 in corn stubble field along entrance road to the park; a small strip of hardwood forest is opposite the stubble field; other parts of Pemberton Park have wet bottomland hardwood forest; Pemberton Park is a known location for Rusty Blackbirds in winter and in migration; ground moist; birds were feeding on ground; no vocalizations heard; in company with ca. 300 AMRO, 50 RWBL, 5 EUST, and 15 BHCO
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