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Anne Arundel BIG SIT at Ft. Smallwood

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Tom & Sharon Bradford

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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:32:23 -0400

Having done our BIG SIT at Kinder Farm Park since 2002 we decided to move to Ft. Smallwood this year and attempt to beat our previous record of 48 species. We accomplished this (54 species) with the help of 20 birders who came between 6:30am to 6:16pm. Our birds in order of appearance are as follows:

Mallard

Northern Mockingbird

Carolina Wren

Great Black-backed Gull

Mourning Dove (6:57am)

Ring-billed Gull

Northern Cardinal

Canada Goose

Red-winged Blackbird

American Goldfinch (7:07am)

Osprey

Great Blue Heron

Double-crested Cormorant

European Starling

Snowy Egret (7:18am)

Little Blue Heron

Red-bellied Woodpecker

American Crow

Blue Jay

Northern Flicker (7:25am)

Eastern Bluebird

American Robin

Song Sparrow

Caspian Tern

Herring Gull (7:49)

Rock Pigeon

Chimney Swift

Palm Warbler

Great Egret

Tufted Titmouse (9:35am)

Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Towhee

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Turkey Vulture

Belted Kingfisher (10:45am)

Bald Eagle

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Brown-headed Cowbird

Mute Swan

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (6-7am)

Eastern Phoebe (12:51)

Laughing Gull

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

Forsters Tern (2pm)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 

Scaup (sp)

Black Vulture

Coopers Hawk (Bird 49 a new AABC record)

American Kestrel

Merlin

Brown Thrasher

Tree Swallow

Carolina Chickadee (4:57) 

Last birder left at 6:15 after a beautiful day.