Hi all,
08/13/09 - 550am-710am
Assateague Island NS "Bayside/Point" Bayside Dr., Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: Haze/MC, 77-78 degrees, NNW 4 mph- NE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Stan A, Kevin G, Bob R, Amanda S
Double-crested Cormorant - 18
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 8
Snowy Egret - 26
Little Blue Heron - 7
Tricolored Heron - 38
Green Heron - 3
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Glossy Ibis - 47 (two flocks)
Black-bellied Plover - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Whimbrel - 1
Laughing Gull - 76
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 30
Great Black-backed Gull - 9
Royal Tern - 9
Common Tern - 7
Sandwich Tern - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Empid flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 3
Fish Crow - 7
Purple Martin - 3
Tree Swallow - 6
Barn Swallow - 5
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 16
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 4
Cedar Waxwing - 3
Yellow Warbler - 2
Prairie Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 2
Eastern Towhee - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 2
Boat-tailed Grackle - 6
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 3
American Goldfinch - 4
SPECIES: 49
TOTAL BIRDS: 377
08/13/09 - 715am-1215pm
Assateague Island NS "OSV Zone" Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 78-84 degrees, NE 5 mph- NE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: Stan A, Kevin G, Bob R, Amanda S
American Black Duck - 1
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 9
Northern Gannet - 1
Brown Pelican - 19
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Osprey - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Black-bellied Plover - 19
Semipalmated Plover - 1
American Oystercatcher - 17
Willet - 32
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Whimbrel - 81
Ruddy Turnstone - 47
Sanderling - 476
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2
Short-billed Dowitcher - 1 (flyby)
Laughing Gull - 26
Ring-billed Gull - 14
Herring Gull - 335
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 14
Great Black-backed Gull - 106
Least Tern - 4
Caspian Tern - 14
Royal Tern - 164
Common Tern - 142
Forster's Tern - 6
Sandwich Tern - 3
Black Tern - 1
Sterna sp. - 100+
Eastern Kingbird - 4
Fish Crow - 3
Purple Martin - 4
Tree Swallow - 35 (entrance to OSV)
Bank Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 233
Eastern Towhee - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 14
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Boat-tailed Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 40
TOTAL BIRDS: 1937
08/13/09 - 1010am-1045am
Assateague Island NS "Fox Hill Level" Berlin, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 82 degrees, ENE 6 mph
OBSERVERS: Stan A, Kevin G, Bob R, Amanda S
Great Egret - 8
Snowy Egret - 2
Glossy Ibis - 14
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Black-bellied Plover - 2
Semipalmated Plover - 41
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 8
Semiplamated Sandpiper - 6
Least Sandpiper - 12
Short-billed Dowitcher - 40
Laughing Gull - 26
Herring Gull - 9
Caspian Tern - 3
Royal Tern - 12
Forster's Tern - 3
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
European Starling - 9
Field Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Eastern Meadowlark - 5
Boat-tailed Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 25
TOTAL BIRDS: 211
08/13/09 - 1255pm-130pm
Behind Hooper's Crab House Restaurant, West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 84 degrees, ENE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: Stan A, Kevin G, Bob R, Amanda S
Brown Pelican - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 30
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 2
Snowy Egret - 3
Little Blue Heron - 4
Cattle Egret - 5
Killdeer - 4
American Oystercatcher - 6
Willet - 1
Marbled Godwit - 2
Ruddy Turnstone - 45
Sanderling - 45
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 40
Short-billed Dowitcher - 15
Laughing Gull - 22
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 16
Great Black-backed Gull - 11
Royal Tern - 46
Common Tern - 28
Forster's Tern - 2
Sandwich Tern - 2
Black Skimmer - 44
Rock Pigeon - 13
Mourning Dove - 2 (on wires)
Fish Crow - 2
Barn Swallow - 2
European Starling - 15
Boat-tailed Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 30
TOTAL BIRDS: 412
08/13/09 - 215pm-240pm
Salisbury-OC Wicomico Regional Airport, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 84-83 degrees, ENE 6 mph- ENE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: Stan A, Kevin G, Amanda S
Cattle Egret - 1 (nearby road)
Turkey Vulture - 2
Killdeer - 1 (nearby road)
UPLAND SANDPIPER - 3
Laughing Gull - 3
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 11
American Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 4
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 44
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 15
TOTAL BIRDS: 78
08/13/09 - 325pm-410pm
Hurlock WWTP, Ennals Rd., Hurlock, Dorchester Co., MD
WEATHER: MC/PC, 82 degrees, ENE 10 mph
OBSERVERS: Stan A, Kevin G, Amanda S
Wood Duck - 1
Mallard - 15
Ruddy Duck - 3
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 1
Killdeer - 10
Spotted Sandpiper - 3
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Least Sandpiper - 7
Rock Pigeon - 32 (in town)
Mourning Dove - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Purple Martin - 2
Tree Swallow - 50
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 61
Bank Swallow - 239
Barn Swallow - 41
European Starling - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 476
08/13/09 - 450pm-510pm
Central Sod Farms, John Brown Rd., Queenstown, Queen Annes Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 82-80 degrees, ENE 10 mph- ENE 8 mph
OBSERVERS: Stan A, Kevin G, Amanda S
Northern Bobwhite - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 39
Mourning Dove - 2
American Crow - 1
Horned Lark - 12
Barn Swallow - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 32
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 14
TOTAL BIRDS: 110
Kevin Graff
West Ocean City, MD
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