I was in Dorchester and Talbot Counties today. 
The highlights were: 
Blackwater NWR -  Am White Pelican, Least Tern, Red-headed Woodpecker, Summer Tanager, and Grasshopper Sparrow. 
Elliot Island Rd - Least Bittern, Virginia Rail, Common Moorhen, and Seaside Sparrow. Thanks for the tip from Jim Brighton about Moorhen Pond.  
Trappe--White Marsh Cemetery, Talbot County - Dickcissel and the grave of Robert Morris, Sr; father of Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. 

The complete lists are below. 





Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD 



Location:     Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 
Observation date:     7/7/09 
Number of species:     65 


Leslie Starr 1 - Bestpitch area 

Joe Turner 1 - Bestpitch area 
Mallard     3 
Northern Bobwhite     4 
American White Pelican     1 - Key Wallace Rd, past the entrance to the Wildlife Drive 
Great Blue Heron     6 
Great Egret     5 
Snowy Egret     1 
Turkey Vulture     6 
Osprey     8 
Bald Eagle     4 
Killdeer     3 
Laughing Gull     2 
Ring-billed Gull     4 
Herring Gull     1 
Least Tern     2 
Common Tern     1 
Mourning Dove     6 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     2 
Chimney Swift     8 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1 
Red-headed Woodpecker     1 - Stop #3 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2 
Downy Woodpecker     1 
Hairy Woodpecker     1 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     4 
Eastern Wood-Pewee     3 
Great Crested Flycatcher     4 
Yellow-throated Vireo     1 
American Crow     2 
Fish Crow     2 
Purple Martin     10 
Tree Swallow     72 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     2 
Barn Swallow     24 
Carolina Chickadee     6 
Tufted Titmouse     4 
White-breasted Nuthatch     1 
Brown-headed Nuthatch     4 
Carolina Wren     4 
House Wren     1 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     6 
Eastern Bluebird     12 
Wood Thrush     2 
American Robin     6 
Gray Catbird     1 
Northern Mockingbird     6 
European Starling     12 
Cedar Waxwing     3 
Pine Warbler     6 
Prairie Warbler     1 
Ovenbird     2 
Common Yellowthroat     1 
Summer Tanager     3 - Woods Trail & Stop #7 
Scarlet Tanager     1 - Woods Trail 
Eastern Towhee     1 
Chipping Sparrow     1 
Grasshopper Sparrow     1 - Key Wallace Rd near entrance to Wildlife Drive 
Northern Cardinal     2 
Indigo Bunting     4 
Red-winged Blackbird     200 
Eastern Meadowlark     2 - Key Wallace Rd near entrance to Wildlife Drive 
Common Grackle     100 
Brown-headed Cowbird     500 (near Bestpitch) 
Orchard Oriole     3 
American Goldfinch     6 
House Sparrow     2 



Location:     Elliott Island Road - Dorchester County 
Observation date:     7/7/09 
Number of species:     20 

Canada Goose     12 
Mallard     6 
Least Bittern     1 
Great Blue Heron     2 
Great Egret     6 
Turkey Vulture     2 
Bald Eagle     3 
Northern Harrier     1 
Virginia Rail     1 
Common Moorhen     2 
Greater Yellowlegs     1 
Herring Gull     4 
Mourning Dove     4 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1 
Barn Swallow     12 
Marsh Wren     4 
Northern Mockingbird     1 
European Starling     12 
Seaside Sparrow     6 
Red-winged Blackbird     24 




Location:     Trappe--White Marsh Cemetery - Talbot County 
Observation date:     7/7/09 
Number of species:     15 

Turkey Vulture     1 
Killdeer     1 
Mourning Dove     2 
Barn Swallow     4 
American Robin     2 
Northern Mockingbird     1 
European Starling     12 
Common Yellowthroat     1 
Chipping Sparrow     1 
Blue Grosbeak     2 
Dickcissel     1 - far from the cemetery, close to the yellow house and the silo 
Red-winged Blackbird     12 
Eastern Meadowlark     2 
Common Grackle     6 
American Goldfinch     2