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Upper Shore Highlights, 9/7

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Bill Hubick

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Bill Hubick

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Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:29:25 -0700

Hi Everyone,

John Hubbell, Ron Gutberlet, and I focused on the upper Eastern Shore counties on Monday, 9/7. Reasonable highlights came steadily throughout the day, including some quality passerine migrants. Here are the abridged lists from each site. 

Tilghman Island Road--East of New Road, Talbot Co.

Wild Turkey--1

Black Walnut Point, Tilghman Island, Talbot Co.

Surf Scoter--4; excellent close-up views, photos
Double-crested Cormorant--215
Great Blue Heron--7
Great Egret--2
Osprey--16
Bald Eagle--3
Northern Harrier--1; presumed migrant
Cooper's Hawk--2
Accipiter sp.--1
American Kestrel--2
Spotted Sandpiper--1
Laughing Gull--260
Herring Gull--12
Great Black-backed Gull--3
BLACK TERN--1; unexpected highlight amidst the Forster's Tern flock
Forster's Tern--21
Chimney Swift--3
Eastern Wood-Pewee--1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's)--1
Eastern Phoebe--1
Great Crested Flycatcher--2
Eastern Kingbird--1
Red-eyed Vireo--2
Tree Swallow--7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow--3
Barn Swallow--4
Purple Martin--1; Ron only
Brown-headed Nuthatch--1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--2
Veery--1
Chestnut-sided Warbler--1
Magnolia Warbler--1
Black-and-white Warbler--5
American Redstart--3
Common Yellowthroat--11
CANADA WARBLER--1
Blue Grosbeak--4
Bobolink--7

Tilghman Back Creek Park, Talbot Co.

Snowy Egret--2
Osprey--3
Bald Eagle--1
American Kestrel--1
Laughing Gull--6
Ring-billed Gull--1
Herring Gull--3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird--2
Traill's Flycatcher--1; Ron only
House Wren--1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--1; Ron's county closeout (#45)
Gray Catbird--1
American Redstart--1
Northern Waterthrush--1
Non-avian: Question Mark, Red Admiral, Silver-spotted Skipper, Wandering Gliders.

Tanyard Marsh, Caroline Co.

Bald Eagle--2
Common Moorhen--2
Lesser Yellowlegs--2
Semipalmated Sandpiper--22
Least Sandpiper--11
Pectoral Sandpiper--1
Laughing Gull--383
Ring-billed Gull--11
Herring Gull--4
Forster's Tern--1
Purple Martin--6
Bobolink--2

Auction Road--Fields at Rte 16, Caroline Co.

Cooper's Hawk--1
Killdeer--3
Laughing Gull--7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird--1
Horned Lark--65
Tree Swallow--50
Barn Swallow--1
Bobolink--195 (sorghum field)

Martinak State Park, Caroline Co.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird--1
Eastern Wood-Pewee--1
Eastern Phoebe--1
Great Crested Flycatcher--2
Red-eyed Vireo--4
White-breasted Nuthatch--2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--1
Veery--1
Magnolia Warbler--1
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER--1; most stunning fall individual of this species any of us had seen to date; county bird for all three of us
Pine Warbler--3
Black-and-white Warbler--4
AMERICAN REDSTART--3; migrants, does not breed locally
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER--2; getting late; two individuals well seen at close range and photographed
Common Yellowthroat--1
Chipping Sparrow--3
Blue Grosbeak--1

Ridgely WWTP and especially a large puddle to east, Caroline Co.

Mallard--46
BLUE-WINGED TEAL--4
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (American)--19
Ruddy Duck--1; continues
Great Egret--1
Green Heron--1
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER--1; well-seen beside the pond east of the WWTP; distinctive shape, contrasting head pattern, and still plenty of dark feathers in the undertail coverts. County bird for me and Ron; John got his county bird yesterday
Killdeer--21
Spotted Sandpiper--4
Solitary Sandpiper--2
Lesser Yellowlegs--7
Least Sandpiper--9
peep sp.--1
WILSON'S SNIPE--1; first of the season for me and Ron; sneaking around a puddle just west of the WWTP
Purple Martin--1
Tree Swallow--85
Bank Swallow--3
CLIFF SWALLOW--1 juvenile; studied at length via scope and photographed
Barn Swallow--6
Bobolink--3
Non-avian: CHECKERED WHITE (2; photos, apparently a new county record), Common Buckeye (20).

John Brown Rd., QA Co.

Semipalmated Plover--3
Killdeer--53
Least Sandpiper--2
Chimney Swift--6
Great Crested Flycatcher--1
Horned Lark--6

Terrapin Park, QA Co.

Wood Duck--3
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (American)--3
Double-crested Cormorant--2
Great Blue Heron--2
Great Egret--1
Snowy Egret--1
Osprey--2
Bald Eagle--1
Laughing Gull--1
Chimney Swift--7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird--1
Eastern Wood-Pewee--2
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER--1; Bill and John only; nice looks at an especially distinctive individual; unfortunately it dropped down before Ron could see it and did not reappear
Eastern Phoebe--1
Red-eyed Vireo--3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--11
Veery--1
Brown Thrasher--2
Cedar Waxwing--10
Magnolia Warbler--4
PRAIRIE WARBLER--1; migrant; a coveted county bird for me, and next-to-last for a county closeout
Black-and-white Warbler--5
American Redstart--9
Ovenbird--2
Northern Waterthrush--1
Common Yellowthroat--6
Eastern Towhee--2
Blue Grosbeak--6
Bobolink--3

Good birding!

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com