Hi Everyone,

This fall has been a little busy with non-birding activities, but we have continued to visit Bayside at Assateague most Friday mornings.  This morning (23 Oct 2009) John Bax, Scott Housten, and I were there from 7:00-9:00 am.  Scott picked up on a DICKCISSEL at Bayside Campground; then we all heard it and viewed it briefly at the top of a tree before it flew on.  We had our first Snow Goose flock of the season today, and as expected the number of Myrtle Warblers has grown.  The full lists from Bayside and Bayside Campground are below.

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
 


Location:     Assateague I. NS--Bayside
Observation date:     10/23/09, 7:00-8:30 am
Weather (from accuweather.com for Ocean City, MD): 54-58 F, wind calm at 1 mph, relative humidity 96%, barometric pressure 30.04-30.06 in, mostly cloudy, no precipitation, visibility 10-9 miles.
Number of species:     31

Mallard     1
Surf Scoter     5
Red-throated Loon     1
Common Loon     5
Double-crested Cormorant     137     130 were northbound; 7 were southbound but may have been local; no southbound flocks today
Great Egret     27
Snowy Egret     1
Tricolored Heron     7
Clapper Rail     1
Laughing Gull     292
Ring-billed Gull     1
Herring Gull     36
Caspian Tern     1
Royal Tern     40
Belted Kingfisher     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     3
Blue Jay     1
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1     heard from parking lot at 9 am when we returned from Bayside Campground
Carolina Wren     4
Golden-crowned Kinglet     3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
American Robin     6
Gray Catbird     4
European Starling     3
Cedar Waxwing     3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     252     conservative estimate
warbler sp.     10
Song Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     16
Eastern Meadowlark     1
Boat-tailed Grackle     10


Location:     Assateague I. NS--Bayside Campground
Observation date:     10/23/09, 8:30-9:00 am
Weather (from accuweather.com for Ocean City, MD): 58-60 F, wind calm at 1 mph, relative humidity 89%, barometric pressure 30.07 in, mostly cloudy, no precipitation, visibility 10 miles
Number of species:     22

Snow Goose     33     single southbound flock
Great Egret     1
Laughing Gull     10
Ring-billed Gull     2
Belted Kingfisher     1
Blue Jay     1
Tree Swallow     38
Carolina Chickadee     2
Carolina Wren     3
American Robin     2
Gray Catbird     4
Northern Mockingbird     2
Brown Thrasher     2
European Starling     8
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     320
Eastern Towhee     3
Chipping Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     5
Dickcissel     1     Scott noticed this bird first; we heard it and briefly saw it perched before it flew off to the west
Boat-tailed Grackle     1

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