Betsy Bangert and I birded Deal Island WMA from 2:15 to 4:45 this afternoon.

56      Canada Goose
143    Tundra Swan
2       Gadwall
30     American Wigeon
78     American Black Duck
7       Mallard
5       Northern Pintail
172   Green-winged Teal (American)
4       Lesser Scaup
2       Great Blue Heron
29     Turkey Vulture
1       Bald Eagle
4       Northern Harrier
25     Greater Yellowlegs
4       Lesser Yellowlegs
22     Dunlin
1       Long-billed Dowitcher (photos)
36     Ring-billed Gull
102   Herring Gull
2       Forster's Tern
3       Mourning Dove
2       Northern Flicker
4       American Crow
1       Fish Crow
1       Eastern Bluebird
2       Northern Mockingbird
200   European Starling
1       Swamp Sparrow
1       Northern Cardinal
40     Red-winged Blackbird
11     Eastern Meadowlark
150   Common Grackle
6      Boat-tailed Grackle


Mike Burchett
Salisbury, MD