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Pemberton Park, etc.--Wicomico Co--4/15/2009

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Ronald Gutberlet

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Ronald Gutberlet

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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:15:59 -0400

Hi Everyone,

Four of us birded in the mist in Pemberton Park this morning (15 April 2009).  Our only new Pemberton birds for the year were GREAT EGRET (1) and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (1).  The full Pemberton list from today is below.

On Wednesday afternoons, we often work on the Delaware Breeding Bird Atlas.  The rain and the wind this afternoon (in addition to a timely call from Sam Dyke about Bonaparte's Gulls on Nanticoke Rd) caused us to abandon the BBA for the day.  Instead Scott Housten, Kara Wehmueller, and I headed for Nanticoke Rd.

We were happy to find the field on the right (north) side of Nanticoke Rd that Sam had described (a little further down Nanticoke Rd from Catchpenny when driving from Salisbury).  Birds there (numbers estimated fairly carefully) included:

Greater Yellowlegs--80
Lesser Yellowlegs--20
Laughing Gull--250
BONAPARTE'S GULL--2
Ring-billed Gull--25

Over the Nanticoke River in Tyaskin, we saw a BROWN PELICAN and a NORTHERN GANNETT.

WILD TURKEYS (5 along Nanticoke Rd and 2 near the entrance to Cedar Hill Marina) didn't seem to mind the cold wind and rain.

For a couple minutes we watched a CLAPPER RAIL along the edge of the small marsh at the north end of the town of Nanticoke.  We also saw 4 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS fly in here.

From Nanticoke Harbor, we saw another BROWN PELICAN and 4 more NORTHERN GANNETTS.

Not bad for a Wednesday afternoon!

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
 



Location:     Pemberton Park
Observation date:     4/15/09
Observers: Ron Gutberlet, Scott Housten, Dave Kanarr, Doug Ruby.
Weather (from accuweather.com for Salisbury, MD): 48-47 F, completely overcast with light fog/mist, wind ENE to E to ENE at 9 mph, relative humidity 89-92%, barometric pressure 29.80-29.83 in, visibility 2 miles.
Conditions: tide was high.
Number of species:     41

Canada Goose     2
Wood Duck     1
Mallard     4
Green-winged Teal (American)     6
Great Blue Heron     10     9 of the 10 were at the rookery
Great Egret     1     first one for our 2009 Pemberton counts
Turkey Vulture     4
Osprey     7
Bald Eagle     3
Laughing Gull     26
Ring-billed Gull     9
Herring Gull     27
Forster's Tern     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Downy Woodpecker     3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     4
American Crow     1
Fish Crow     8
Tree Swallow     7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1     first one for our 2009 Pemberton counts
Barn Swallow     4
Carolina Chickadee     1
Tufted Titmouse     8
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     4
Eastern Bluebird     2
European Starling     3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     17
Pine Warbler     3
Swamp Sparrow     1     feeding on ground in the small marsh by the boardwalk, not singing or calling
White-throated Sparrow     22     12 of the WTSPs were feeding rather high in a Beech Tree; they were eating the beech flowers.  The other 10 WTSPs were in more expected locations, feeding on the ground.
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     2
Northern Cardinal     7
Red-winged Blackbird     91
Brown-headed Cowbird     9     frequent singing and rattling
American Goldfinch     6     singing and calling

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