Hi Everyone,

Scott Housten and I had a fun walk at Pemberton Park this morning.  New birds for this year's Pemberton walks included YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, SCARLET TANAGER, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.  Our full list is below.

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
 



Location:     Pemberton Park
Observation date:     5/6/09
Observers: Ron Gutberlet, Scott Housten.
Weather (from accuweather.com for Salisbury, MD): 56-60 F, light fog to cloudy, wind calm (1 mph) to NW at 4 mph, relative humidity 96-89%, barometric pressure 30.08-30.11 in, no precipitation, visibility 1-3 miles.
Conditions: tide was low; marsh vegetation has grown considerably since last week, such that any exposed mud in the large marsh is not visible and for the most part shorebirds can only be detected by voice or in flight; trees appear fully leafed out or at least nearly so, and most ferns have uncurled and opened.

Number of species:     50

Canada Goose     6
Mallard     1
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Great Blue Heron     4     Nests in the rookery are difficult to see now that the trees have leafed out; more GBHE were probably present, but we only saw four (2 on nests, 2 in flight).
Great Egret     1     flew overhead, fairly high; spotted by Scott
Osprey     6
Bald Eagle     1
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Laughing Gull     74
Herring Gull     1
Mourning Dove     3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1     first of the year for our Pemberton counts
Red-bellied Woodpecker     5
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     3
Acadian Flycatcher     1     first of the year for our Pemberton counts; singing in the bottomland forest near the marsh viewing platform
Great Crested Flycatcher     2
Eastern Kingbird     5     4 were together
Red-eyed Vireo     1     heard singing and seen near the boardwalk
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     4
Fish Crow     5
crow sp.     3
Tree Swallow     6
Barn Swallow     13     all counted at one time (by Scott) over the large marsh on the Wicomico River
Carolina Chickadee     1
Tufted Titmouse     6
Carolina Wren     4
House Wren     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2     1 was singing
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     3
Eastern Bluebird     2     pair near the parking lot near several bluebird boxes
American Robin     2     female was on a nest in tree in parking lot
Gray Catbird     3
European Starling     4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     2
Black-and-white Warbler     1     heard singing and seen near the parking lot
Prothonotary Warbler     4
Common Yellowthroat     4
Scarlet Tanager     1     heard singing and seen near the parking lot; first of the year for our Pemberton counts
Chipping Sparrow     2
Swamp Sparrow     3
White-throated Sparrow     4
Northern Cardinal     6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1     seen near the parking lot; first of the year for our Pemberton counts
Red-winged Blackbird     10
Common Grackle (Purple)     6
Brown-headed Cowbird     3
House Finch     1
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)