yesterday afternoon 4 - 13 - 09 after work I headed close by to Wye Island in Queen Annes County to do some quick birding . I checked the nesting spot the Black Vultrures have used on the Island for the last several years but only found the wing and some odd feathers of the remains of a Black Vulrure . Birds Seen
Common Loon 2 in breeding plumage at Bridge
Great Blue Heron 2 flyovers
D. C. Cormorant 12 in flock flyover
Wood Duck 2 male , female
Green - Winged Teal 4 two female , two male
Turkey Vultrure 4
Osprey 6
American Kestrel 2 one at Cheston lane one on powerline on Carmichael road
Wild Turkey 4 1 at Cheston Lane and Carmichael road 3 on the Island
Mourning Dove 5
Red Bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2 both drumming and calling
Tree Swallow 3
Blue Jay 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 2
Golden Crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebirds 3
Robin 4
Cardinal 5
Eastern Towhee 1 heard only singing
White Throated Sparrow 12
Dark Eyed Junco 2 most have left the area
Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown, Maryland
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