Hi  all    Last night  7 - 14 - 09  Between 7:30 Pm and Dark   I went to Kent Narrows in Queen Annes County to get a full count on the  Black Crowned Night Herons  at their roosting  pond between Rt 50  and Rt 18  near   Wells Cove Road as they flew out to hunt for the eveing . Several hunted in that pond as darkness closed in . The first 4  left   calling as they left sounding  much like a dog barking .  I also checked  a few other near by  spots  as well. It is  amazing how many Night Herons  come out of there.
Several gull species were  seen  but  numbers for them are rough  counts.
 List Below 


D.C. Cormorant     1
Herring Gull 2
Greater Black Backed Gull    3
Ring Billed Gull       20
Langhing Gull        2
Forster's Tern   20
Least Tern   5 
Great Blue Heron     2
BLACK -CROWNED NIGHT _ HERON    21    adults , immatures, Sub adults 
Osprey      3
Barn Swallow      2
Purple Martin     34   Next to Fishermens Inn   lots of conversing among themselfes  as     
                            Darkness rolled in 
Mockingbird      1
Robin        1
Red winged Blackbirds    12      Rough Number 
House Sparrow      1


Happy Birding 
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Maryland 
 


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