Saturday 4/4/09 Callaway, St Mary's County, Maryland
Eastern Blue birds- 3
Mockingbirds - 1
Black vultures - 8
Turkey vultures - 6
American Crows - 4
Ospreys - 1
American Robins - 2
European starlings - 1
Bonaparte's gulls adult - 139, these gulls were on the corner of Rt 5 and
Bayside road in a field on the left side of the road, there is water
standing in the field
Bonaparte's 1st winter gulls - 25
Ring billed gulls 1st winter - 48
Ring billed gulls 3rd winter - 80
Killdeer - 2
Pectoral sandpiper - 4
Charles County line - creek
Black vultures - 25 , bathing in the very low creek, drying in the sun and
sitting on tree limbs and 1 on the guardrail
Bald eagle - 1 immature
Allen's Fresh, Charles County Maryland
Bald eagles - 3 mature
Fish crow - 1
Black vultures - 4
Swan - 1 , its head was down so could not further identify especially at the
distance
Redwing blackbird - 1
Canada goose - 20
Turkey vultures - 8
Edge hill Road and Popes Creek road 2nd entrance off Rt 301
Canada goose - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Osprey - 1
Captain Robinson restaurant
Double crested Cormorants - 5
Bald eagle - 1 mature
Osprey - 1
Black vulture - 1
Fish crow - 2
Popes Creek Rd 1st entrance off Rt 301
Bald eagles - 2 mature eagles male and female with an immature in a field on
the left side of road before Rt 301, male dominated the dead deer standing
on top of it, female ate from edge and the immature sat patiently about 10
feet away
After about 10 minutes several vultures showed up to try to take over but
the male bald eagle held his ground..on top of the deer
American Crow - 1
One Stop Travel plaza on Rt 301
Bald eagle - 1 mature
Turkey vultures - 3
European starlings - 1
Common grackles - 23
Marina at the bridge (I failed to get the name)
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Fish crow - 4
Bluejay - 2
Osprey - 5
Double crested Cormorant - 1 fly by and then 50 plus under the center
section of the bridge
Common grackles - 17
European starlings - 82
Red belly woodpecker - 1
Turkey vultures - 5
Red shouldered hawk - 1
Cobb Island (my first time there and I will go back, lots of birds, friendly
people, good food and plenty of wildlife)
Fish Crows - 2
European starlings - 20
Black vultures - 3
American Crows -5
Great blue heron - 1
Osprey - 1
Shymansky's Restaurant at Cobb Island - dock on right
Osprey - 20
Great blue heron - 1
Mallard ducks - 2
New to me...3 ducks that had mallard head, white throat (not just a ring),
brown bodies..looks like mallards mated with American black duck - I have
pictures
Cedar Lane
Bald eagle - 1 mature
Stella Road
Wild turkeys - 7
Mourning doves - 2
Turkey vultures - 2
Eastern Blue birds - 2 sitting on a fence
Swan Point Road - development with ponds and golf course
Great blue heron - 2 immature
Canada goose - 2
Killdeer - 2
Red tailed hawk - 1
Fish crow - 1
Many deer in the housing area, they were eating the plants as quick as
people put them in the ground
Allens Fresh back in Charles County
Black vultures - 8
Mourning dove - 1
Shorebird - 1 ( I believe greater yellowlegs but it was pretty far out)
Killdeer - 1
Ducks - 2 (too far out to identify)
Chaptico Park
Great blue heron - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Common grackles - 10
Bald eagle - 1 mature
It was cloudy, windy and 62 degrees. What a wonderful day birding, tomorrow
will do Piney Point, St George's Island and Point Lookout.
Happy Birding to all,
Patricia Viola Rose
Callaway, St Mary's County, Maryland
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