Hi all,
Cory's Shearwater & Wilson's Storm-Petrels seen near green buoy on Mon & Tues. East winds up to 20 mph hit beaches for 3 days
06/15/09 - 1230pm-130pm (lunch)
Reedy Island, 56th St. & bay, Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 71-72 degrees, E 9 mph- E 8 mph (peak at 12 mph briefly)
Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 4
Great Blue Heron - 1 (flyby)
Great Egret - 1
Osprey - 4
Clapper Rail - 1
American Oystercatcher - 2
Willet - 4
Laughing Gull - 82
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Least Tern - 1
Common Tern - 2
Forster's Tern - 6
Royal Tern - 10
Rock Pigeon - 4
Mourning Dove - 2
Barn Swallow - 11
European Starling - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 4
Boat-tailed Grackle - 1
House Sparrow - 2 (at pier)
SPECIES: 23
TOTAL BIRDS: 155
06/16/09 - 645am-8am
Behind Hooper's Crab House Restaurant, Inlet Isle Dr N, West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast/PC, 69-72 degrees, E 9 mph- E 12 mph
Canada Goose - 2
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 (still around since my last trip on 5/19)
Brown Pelican - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 62
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 23
Snowy Egret - 11
Little Blue Heron - 2
Tricolored Heron - 2
Cattle Egret - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 2
Black-bellied Plover - 1
American Oystercatcher - 6
Willet - 10 (some nests in vacant grassy lot soon to be shopping center)
Red Knot - 9
Sanderling - 1
Dunlin - 8
Short-billed Dowitcher - 2
Laughing Gull - 138
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 51
Glaucous Gull - 1 (1st year, still here since 5/19)
Great Black-backed Gull - 73
Least Tern - 18
Common Tern - 21
Forster's Tern - 2
Royal Tern - 20
Black Skimmer - 4
Rock Pigeon - 2 (on wires)
Mourning Dove - 1 (on wires)
Fish Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 3
European Starling - 1
Seaside Sparrow - 1 (on island)
Song Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 11
Boat-tailed Grackle - 3
House Sparrow - 3
SPECIES: 42
TOTAL BIRDS: 511
06/17/09 - 630am-8am
Ocean City Inlet "Inlet Park" South 2nd St., Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 67-70 degrees, E 11 mph- ESE 11 mph
American Black Duck - 2
Common Loon - 1
Cory's Shearwater - 2
Greater Shearwater - 1
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 2
Northern Gannet - 4
Brown Pelican - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 9
Osprey - 1
Piping Plover - 1 (seen near south jetty on highest point of beach)
Sanderling - 1
Laughing Gull - 54
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Herring Gull - 27
Great Black-backed Gull - 39
Least Tern - 13
Common Tern - 14
Forster's Tern - 1
Royal Tern - 11
Rock Pigeon - 7
Barn Swallow - 3
American Robin - 1
AMERICAN PIPIT - 2 (very late, active flying around at or near N jetty)
European Starling - 8
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 2
House Sparrow - 4
SPECIES: 27
TOTAL BIRDS: 218
Kevin Graff
West Ocean City, MD
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