Hi Everyone,

We resumed our Pemberton observations this morning after skipping last week in honor of spring break.  By the way, I still have 2 reports pending from my spring break tour.  The last couple days of the tour (Sat and Sun) were heavy on birding (as intended!) and light on sleep and computer time.  I hope to get to post about the end of spring break when I get home tonight.  In the meantime, results of today's Pemberton walk are below...

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
 



Location:     Pemberton Park
Observation date:     3/25/09, 8-10 am
Distance: 0.75 miles on foot.
Observers: Ron Gutberlet, Betsy Bangert, Lance Biechele, Mike Burchett, and Scott Housten.
Weather (from accuweather.com for Salisbury, MD): 24-45 F, wind SE at 1-6 mph, partly sunny to sunny, no precipitation, relative humidity 84-41%, barometric pressure 30.41-30.42 in, visibility 10 miles.
Conditions: tide was low.

Number of species:     41

Canada Goose     2
American Black Duck     6
Mallard     9
Green-winged Teal (American)     4
Great Blue Heron     14     All seen near the rookery; some were perched on nests, and others were flying in or out of the rookery; at least one bird was carrying nesting material.

Turkey Vulture     2
Osprey     2
Bald Eagle     4     One adult was carrying nesting material to one of the tall Loblolly Pines at the edge of the large marsh on the Wicomico River--the same place we saw nesting material delivered 2 weeks ago.

Sharp-shinned Hawk     2
Killdeer     1
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Ring-billed Gull     6
Mourning Dove     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     5
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     2
Tree Swallow     3
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     6
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     6
Winter Wren     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     3
Eastern Bluebird     1
American Robin     27
Brown Thrasher     2
European Starling     12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     2
Pine Warbler     2
Eastern Towhee     2
Song Sparrow     2
Swamp Sparrow     6
White-throated Sparrow     15
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     14
Northern Cardinal     12
Red-winged Blackbird     6
Brown-headed Cowbird     2 males singing next to each other on a wire above the small marsh next to the boardwalk

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