Hi Folks!
Ed Boyd and I did some birding on 2/21 and 2/22 in Worcester. Mike Burchett met us shortly after sunrise at Truitt's Landing. Along with the usual Marsh Wrens, Sedge Wrens, Virginia Rails and King Rails we found 7 BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS. We were alerted to their presence by some that were singing partial songs.? After that we did some marsh-tromping at Taylor Landing and found 4 Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows, 2 Nelson's (Acadian) Sharp-tailed Sparrows and a SEASIDE SPARROW (unusual at this location uin this season). From there we spent a couple hours looking for sparrows at E.A Vaugh North. There were lots of Savannah Sparrows, but no unusal sparrow. An American Bittern flushed from the pond. The immature GOLDEN EAGLE was probably the very same bird that John Hubbell and I saw on January 18 at Truitt's Landing. A high flying Peregrine Falcon was probably a migrant on the south winds.
Mike headed to work, Ed and I went to OC Inlet. The tide was very low, so few ducks were seen because they like to be on the south side of the South Jetty. We found an immature Great Cormorant and saw about 1000 Northern Gannets in the hour we were there.?Unexpected was a male WOOD DUCK feeding at the tip of the South Jetty!. As we were packing up, Nico Sarbanes & Kevin Graff arrived. As a grroup we headed up to 33rd Street and got looks at the distant Eared Grebe. While there, Hans Holbrooke called and alerted us to Ipswich Sparrows on the grass at Shantytown where Nico got some nice pix. Ed and I then road the ORV Zone, which was very unbirdy. 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the beach, no Snowy Owls, but a RAZORBILL close enough for a few photos.
Sunday Morning Ed and I wenet back to OC Inlet. The tide was coming in when we arrived and falling when we left 2 hours later. The ducks were visible and we found 1 female Common Eider, 3 King Eiders [a young male going into breeding plumage and 2 females], a near adult Great Cormorant, a Red-necked Grebe and another Eared Grebe.
The rain got to be a bit much so Ed and I wandered west. A stop at Blackwater NWR yieled 13 American White Pelicans and about 6 White-crowned Sparrows. A Peregrine was sitting on a telephone wire along Egypt Road. We then went to Chino Farm and spent an unsuccessful hour or so looking for the previously reported Northern Shrike.
Here are the lists for severl spots:
Location:???? Truitts Landing
Observation date:???? 2/21/09
Notes:???? 28F; clear;no wind. w/ Ed Boyd & Mike Burchett. Brewer's were in
partial song.
Number of species:???? 27
Snow Goose???? 25
Canada Goose???? 45
Tundra Swan???? 4
Gadwall???? 2
Bufflehead???? 34
Great Blue Heron???? 3
Bald Eagle???? 1
Northern Harrier???? 3
King Rail???? 3
Virginia Rail???? 8
Greater Yellowlegs???? 2
Ring-billed Gull???? 18
Herring Gull (American)???? 8
Pileated Woodpecker???? 1
American Crow???? 6
Carolina Chickadee???? 1
Tufted Titmouse???? 2
Sedge Wren???? 4
Marsh Wren???? 3
American Pipit???? 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)???? 8
Swamp Sparrow???? 3
Northern Cardinal???? 2
Red-winged Blackbird???? 50
Eastern Meadowlark???? 2
Brewer's Blackbird???? 7
American Goldfinch???? 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Location:???? Taylor's Landing
Observation date:???? 2/21/09
Notes:???? 30F; clear;no wind. low tide. w/ Ed Boyd & Mike Burcett
Number of species:???? 10
Bufflehead???? 3
Great Blue Heron???? 1
Turkey Vulture???? 1
Red-shouldered Hawk???? 1
Belted Kingfisher???? 1
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Atlantic Coast)???? 2
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow???? 3
Seaside Sparrow???? 1
Song Sparrow???? 4
Swamp Sparrow???? 8
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Location:???? E.A. Vaughn WMA---North
Observation date:???? 2/21/09
Notes:???? 30F; clear;no wind. w/ Ed Boyd & Mike Burchett. Golden Eagle is
probably the same bird seen 1/18/09 at Truitt's Landing
Number of species:???? 42
Canada Goose???? 500
Tundra Swan???? 13
American Black Duck???? 4
Mallard???? 10
Northern Pintail???? 7
Green-winged Teal (American)???? 30
Hooded Merganser???? 3
American Bittern???? 1
Great Blue Heron???? 2
Black Vulture???? 2
Turkey Vulture???? 15
Bald Eagle???? 7
Red-shouldered Hawk???? 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)???? 1
Golden Eagle???? 1
American Kestrel???? 1
Peregrine Falcon???? 1
Ring-billed Gull???? 5
Downy Woodpecker???? 1
Hairy Woodpecker???? 2
American Crow???? 8
Fish Crow???? 1
Horned Lark???? 1
Tree Swallow???? 3
Carolina Chickadee???? 1
Tufted Titmouse???? 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch???? 4
Carolina Wren???? 2
Winter Wren???? 1
Eastern Bluebird???? 2
Hermit Thrush???? 1
American Robin???? 5
Northern Mockingbird???? 1
European Starling???? 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)???? 40
Field Sparrow???? 5
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)???? 40
Song Sparrow???? 20
Swamp Sparrow???? 20
White-throated Sparrow???? 3
Northern Cardinal???? 2
American Goldfinch???? 1
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Location:???? Ocean? City Inlet
Observation date:???? 2/21/09
Notes:???? 40F; SE15+; low tide. high thin clouds w/Ed Boyd
Number of species:???? 18
Wood Duck???? 1
American Black Duck???? 2
Surf Scoter???? 2
Long-tailed Duck???? 19
Bufflehead???? 50
Red-breasted Merganser???? 7
Red-throated Loon???? 4
Common Loon???? 8
Northern Gannet???? 1000
Double-crested Cormorant???? 1
Great Cormorant???? 1
American Oystercatcher???? 10
Ruddy Turnstone???? 8
Purple Sandpiper???? 25
Bonaparte's Gull???? 1
Ring-billed Gull???? 30
Herring Gull (American)???? 20
Boat-tailed Grackle???? 1
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Location:???? Ocean? City Inlet
Observation date:???? 2/22/09
Notes:???? overcast; 40F, no wind. Tide rising to Full, then ebbing. W/Ed
Boyd.? 1 imm.m. & 2 f. King Eider; f. Common Eider.
Number of species:???? 26
Brant (Atlantic)???? 4
American Black Duck???? 26
Greater Scaup???? 4
Lesser Scaup???? 2
King Eider???? 3
Common Eider???? 1
Surf Scoter???? 100
Black Scoter???? 8
Long-tailed Duck???? 14
Bufflehead???? 40
Red-breasted Merganser???? 8
Red-throated Loon???? 14
Common Loon???? 26
Horned Grebe???? 2
Red-necked Grebe???? 1
Eared Grebe???? 1
Northern Gannet???? 350
Peregrine Falcon???? 1
American Oystercatcher???? 8
Ruddy Turnstone???? 20
Purple Sandpiper???? 20
Ring-billed Gull???? 40
Herring Gull (American)???? 80
Rock Pigeon???? 2
European Starling???? 8
Boat-tailed Grackle???? 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good Birding!
Jim
Jim Stasz
North Beach MD
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