Hi all,
Nico Sarbanes, Leslie Starr, Joe Turner and I had a great day on the shore, trying out an mini-big day mostly in Worcester County. We ended the day with 119 species. While we were at EA Vaughn North looking for Nico's target birds, we had a text call from Bill Hubick that he and others had 3 Sandwich Terns and 1 Gull-billed Tern at Castaways. We quickly cut trip short at Vaughn to head straight for Castaways.
07/19/09 - 505am-705am
Truitts Landing Rd., Girdletree, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 69-70 degrees, NNW 4 mph- calm
Canada Goose - 8
American Black Duck - 8
Mallard - 1
Wild Turkey - 1
Brown Pelican - 2
Least Bittern - 1
Great Egret - 3
Snowy Egret - 1
Cattle Egret - 1
Green Heron - 3
Glossy Ibis - 19
Bald Eagle - 1
Clapper Rail - 1 (seen by one observer))
Virginia Rail - 4 (2-3 flushes from edge of road while walking)
Killdeer - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 14
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 82
Western Sandpiper - 2
Least Sandpiper - 282
peep sp. - 55
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1
Short-billed Dowitcher - 181 (atlantic & prairie race)
Laughing Gull - 15
Herring Gull - 2
Caspian Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 1
Black Skimmer - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
American Crow - 1
Fish Crow - 1
Horned Lark - 1
Purple Martin - 3
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Marsh Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1
Seaside Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
Eastern Meadowlark - 2
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 55
TOTAL BIRDS: 738
07/19/09 - 730am-9am
Pocomoke State Forest "Hickory Point" Hickory Point Rd., Pocomoke City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 75-81 degrees, N 4 mph- ENE 8 mph
Canada Goose - 2
Northern Bobwhite - 2 (flushed from roadside)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Laughing Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1 (seen/heard by one observer)
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 5
Northern Parula - 1
Pine Warbler - 2
Prothonotary Warbler - 3
Worm-eating Warbler - 2
Ovenbird - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Summer Tanager - 3
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 43
TOTAL BIRDS: 68
07/19/09 - 920am-930am (sneaked out to get county dove)
Pocomoke River Rd., Pocomoke, Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 80 degrees, NE 8 mph
Canada Goose - 10
Turkey Vulture - 1
Laughing Gull - 3
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Fish Crow - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 4
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Common Grackle - 1
House Finch - 1
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 16
TOTAL BIRDS: 34
07/19/09 - 935am-1005am
Fleming Mill Rd., Pocomoke, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 80-81 degrees, NE 8 mph- NE 9 mph
Turkey Vulture - 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 1 (flew south toward Somerset, Nico & me)
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Red-headed Woodpecker - 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
American Crow - 6
Barn Swallow - 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Indigo Bunting - 2
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 23
TOTAL BIRDS: 43
07/19/09 - 1035am-1115am
George Island Landing Rd.., Stockton, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 81-82 degrees, ENE 8 mph
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Egret - 3
Snowy Egret - 1
Little Blue Heron - 1
Tricolored Heron - 2
Green Heron - 2
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 3
Osprey - 2
Willet - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Laughing Gull - 10
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Forster's Tern - 4
Chimney Swift - 4
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Barn Swallow - 17
American Robin - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 11
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 10
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
SPECIES: 29
TOTAL BIRDS: 97
07/19/09 - 1125am-1155am
EA Vaughn WMA "North Tract" Taylors Landing Rd., Girdletree, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 82 degrees, NE 8 mph
Great Egret - 1 (distance flyby)
Green Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Laughing Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Chimney Swift - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
American Crow - 1
Purple Martin - 3
Barn Swallow - 11
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 6
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 23
TOTAL BIRDS: 47
07/19/09 - 1225pm-135pm
Castaways Waterfront Campground, Eagles Nest Rd., Berlin, Worcester Co.,
MD
WEATHER: Fair, 82 degrees, NE 8 mph- E 9 mph
Canada Goose - 8
Brown Pelican - 1 (over ocean side)
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 20
Snowy Egret - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 4
Piping Plover - 3
Killdeer - 2
American Oystercatcher - 10
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Willet - 12
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 5 (most likely)
Short-billed Dowitcher - 10
Laughing Gull - 26
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 19
Great Black-backed Gull - 21
Least Tern - 5
Gull-billed Tern - 1 (scoped out at distance near tern flock on sandbar)
Royal Tern - 26
Sandwich Tern - 1 (scoped out at distance w/ Royal Tern flock)
Common Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 9
Black Skimmer - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
Fish Crow - 2
Purple Martin - 3
Barn Swallow - 11
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 7
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 2
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Common Grackle - 1
Boat-tailed Grackle - 2
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 41
TOTAL BIRDS: 239
07/19/09 - 225pm-335pm
Scott Landing Rd., Snow Hill, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 82-81 degrees, E 9 mph- ESE 10 mph
Canada Goose - 35
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 7
Willet - 3
Laughing Gull - 6
Herring Gull - 41
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Forster's Tern - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Fish Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 9
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 1
House Wren - 3
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 2
Pine Warbler - 1 (heard only)
Summer Tanager - 1
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Salt Marsh Sparrow - 2
Seaside Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
House Finch - 5
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 31
TOTAL BIRDS: 147
07/19/09 - 445pm-505pm
West Ocean City Pond, Golf Course Rd., West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 80 degrees, ESE 8 mph
Canada Goose - 43
Mallard - 30
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 6
Snowy Egret - 2
Little Blue Heron - 3
Cattle Egret - 1
Green Heron - 2
Glossy Ibis - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Killdeer - 5
Lesser Yellowlegs - 5
Laughing Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 4
Mourning Dove - 2
Barn Swallow - 5
American Robin - 3
European Starling - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Common Grackle - 7
House Finch - 2
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 22
TOTAL BIRDS: 136
07/19/09 - 510pm-6pm (w/ Mike B, Ron G & Bill H)
Behind Hooper's Crab House Restaurant, Inlet Isle Dr. North, West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 80 degrees, ESE 8 mph- SE 9 mph
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Brown Pelican - 50
Double-crested Cormorant - 18
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 20
Snowy Egret - 2
Little Blue Heron - 1
Tricolored Heron - 3
Cattle Egret - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2
Osprey - 4
American Oystercatcher - 4
Willet - 21
Sanderling - 2
Least Sandpiper - 7
Short-billed Dowitcher - 40
Laughing Gull - 39
Ring-billed Gull - 8
Herring Gull - 66
Great Black-backed Gull - 52
Least Tern - 6
Royal Tern - 8
Common Tern - 17
Forster's Tern - 9
Black Skimmer - 2
Rock Pigeon - 19
Barn Swallow - 10
European Starling - 26
Red-winged Blackbird - 15
Boat-tailed Grackle - 5
SPECIES: 30
TOTAL BIRDS: 460
07/19/09 - 7pm-825pm
Assateague Island National Seashore "South Ocean Beach" Bayberry Dr., Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: PC/MC, 80-76 degrees, E 10 mph- E 9 mph
Wilson's Storm Petrel - 1 (headed south)
Brown Pelican - 13
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Egret - 1 (distance flyby)
Osprey - 3
Killdeer - 2 (nearby parking lot)
Willet - 3
Laughing Gull - 55
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 22
Great Black-backed Gull - 12
Least Tern - 32
Royal Tern - 1
Roseate Tern - 1 (quick look, adult, black bill, long tail, headed N)
Common Tern - 41
Forster's Tern - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Common Nighthawk - 3
Chuck-will's-widow - 1 (heard calling up the road)
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 4
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Boat-tailed Grackle - 2
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 30 (119 species total)
TOTAL BIRDS: 215
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