Hi Everyone,

Scott Housten, Dave Kanarr, and I birded Pemberton Park this morning from 8:00-10:15.  Species composition remains about the same (full list below), but we did add WOOD DUCK and FOX SPARROW to our cumulative list for the season.  Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
 



Location:     Pemberton Park
Observation date:     3/4/09
Distance: 0.5 mi by car on entrance road, 0.75 mi by foot.
Conditions: channel of Wicomico River open, most other water frozen; tide fairly low; ground snow-covered.
Weather (from accuweather.com for Salisbury, MD): 16-25 F, sunny with no precipitation, wind N at 5-7 mph (felt calm at Pemberton), relative humidity 70-46%, barometric pressure 30.49-30.52 in, visibility 10 miles.

Number of species:     41

Canada Goose     159
Wood Duck     4
American Black Duck     22
Mallard     73
Green-winged Teal     13
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Great Blue Heron     2
Turkey Vulture     1
Bald Eagle     2
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     5
Wilson's Snipe     7
Ring-billed Gull     3
Herring Gull     15
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     5
Fish Crow     1
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     3
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     3
Hermit Thrush     2
American Robin     6
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     4
Eastern Towhee     2
Fox Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     8
Swamp Sparrow     5
White-throated Sparrow     14
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     5
Northern Cardinal     9
Red-winged Blackbird     142
Common Grackle     9
American Goldfinch     2

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