Hi all .  17 Talbot County Bird Club members  visted the wilds of Wye Island Natural Resource Management area near Queenstown  in Queen Annes County   on  Sunday's  11 - 8 - 09   bird club Walk . Led by Danny Poet we  found  53 Species  for  our efforts .  Highlights were  Waterfowl, Raptors  and Sparrows  . After the Walk 14 of the birders went to Mr and Mrs   Erney Maher 's lovely  home For a  Great Brunch  and a tally of the mornings walk  alway a highlight  when  the club vists there .   Birds   Seen or heard  below  numbers are rough estimates 

Common Loon    1
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture 
Canada Goose     many 
American  Black Duck    2
 Mallard     1    in pond at Hunters Oak Golf Course 
Bufflehead     1 First of the  season for all of us 
Ruddy Duck   200
 Bald Eagle    3 total   2 adult and 1 immature 
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp - shinned Hawk      1
Red- shouldered  Hawk    1
Red -Tailed Hawk  1
American Kestrel    1
 Merlin     1      first seen on ground then flew  to Osprey platform briefly before flying 
                      Off  . Had a  prey Item  looked to be a Blackbird Species 
Killdeer 
Ring -billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Great Black Backed Gull      1   flyover
Forster's  Tern       2     
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher    1
Red - bellied Woodpecker   1
Hairy Woodpecker    1
Flicker         4
Pileated Woodpecker    1
Blue Jay  
American  Crow 
Carolina Chickadee  
Tufted Titmouse 
Red- breasted Nuthatch     1 heard by 2 in the group 
Carolina Wren   
Ruby - crowned Kinglet      1
Eastern Bluebird     12
Hermit Thrush     1
Robin 
Gray Catbird    1
Mockingbird    2
Starlings       lots
Cedar Waxwings   5
Yellow -rumped Warbler   3
Palm  Warbler    1 western  
Eastern Towhee    1
Savannah Sparrow    many 
Song Sparrow   lots 
Swamp Sparrow     3
white-throated Sparrows   12
Dark -eyed Junco 
Cardinal 
Red-winged Blackbirds   many 
Eastern Meadowlark   25
Common Grackle  a few mixed in the mixed flock of blackbirds
Brown - headed Blackbirds  many 
American Goldfinch     3

Seen  or heard by only one  person in the group  so not on the offical  List but listed here for your interest 

Starling   1  very pale colored an  off color  white  compared to the rest of the flock 
Field Sparrow     1
House finch     1


Happy Birding 
Danny Poet 
Queenstown , Maryland 



 		 	   		  
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