Hi Everyone,

Six of us birded Pemberton Park this morning, enjoying our first Pemberton Ospreys of the year and a presumed passage flock of Tundra Swans.  Full list below...

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
 


Location:     Pemberton Park
Observation date:     3/11/09
Observers: Ron Gutberlet, Lance Biechele, Dana Bronecke, Brian Busek, Scott Housten, Karen Olmstead.
Conditions: tide was low.
Distance: 0.75 mi on foot; we did not bird the entrance road.
Weather (from accuweather.com for Salisbury, MD): 55-61 F, overcast, wind SW at 10-11 mph, humidity 96-78%, barometric pressure 30.08 in, visibility 10 miles, no precipitation.

Number of species:     39

Canada Goose     67
Tundra Swan     22
American Black Duck     39
Mallard     44
Green-winged Teal (American)     9
Double-crested Cormorant     9
Great Blue Heron     4
Black Vulture     2
Turkey Vulture     4
Osprey     3
Bald Eagle     4     We watched one adult carry 2 loads of nesting material (large clumps of wet, dead marsh grass) in its talons to a nest in a tall Loblolly Pine at the edge of the large marsh on the Wicomico River.

Northern Harrier     1
Accipiter sp.     1
Killdeer     2
Herring Gull     8
Mourning Dove     3
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     4
Hairy Woodpecker     2     the pair was together
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     4
Fish Crow     3
Carolina Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse     2
Brown Creeper     3
Carolina Wren     6
American Robin     80
European Starling     10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     2
Pine Warbler     1
Song Sparrow     3
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     7
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     7
Northern Cardinal     10
Red-winged Blackbird     34
Common Grackle (Purple)     2
Brown-headed Cowbird     6

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