Hi Everyone,

Lance Biechele, Dana Bronecke, Scott Housten, Mike Walsh, and I birded Pemberton Park this morning from 8:00-10:10 am.  We added multiple new species to our 2009 spring semester Pemberton list (the spring counterpart to our fall Assateague counts):  Green-winged Teal, Virginia Rail, Wilson's Snipe, Barred Owl, and Hermit Thrush.  The complete list from today is below.

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD





Location:     Pemberton Park
Observation date:     2/18/09
Observers: Ron Gutberlet, Lance Biechele, Dana Bronecke, Scott Housten, Mike Walsh.
Conditions: all water open; tide very high.
Weather (from accuweather.com for Salisbury, MD): 35-41 F, overcast with very light rain during final 10 minutes, wind S at 7-9 mph, relative humidity 81-67%, barometric pressure 30.03-29.99 in, visibility 10 miles.

Number of species:     42

Canada Goose     326
American Black Duck     39
Mallard     42
Green-winged Teal (American)     7     in large marsh on Wicomico River
Great Blue Heron     3     2 in large marsh on Wicomico River; 1 nearby in a nest in the rookery
Turkey Vulture     9
Bald Eagle     3
Accipiter sp.     1
Virginia Rail     1     heard twice (grunt call) from large marsh on Wicomico River
Killdeer     1
Wilson's Snipe     12     in large marsh on Wicomico River; all were together and were probably more noticeable as a result of the high tide
Ring-billed Gull     2
Herring Gull     11
Mourning Dove     3
Barred Owl     2     we found them by following the calls of mobbing American Crows
Belted Kingfisher     2     together in large marsh on Wicomico River
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Downy Woodpecker     5
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     16
Fish Crow     3
Carolina Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     4
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     5
Winter Wren     1
Eastern Bluebird     3
Hermit Thrush     1
American Robin     23
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     8
Eastern Towhee     5
Song Sparrow     3
Swamp Sparrow     3
White-throated Sparrow     16
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     7     most were near parking lot
Northern Cardinal     9
Red-winged Blackbird     34
Common Grackle     4

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