Hi all,


  On way to O.C. for 3 days of pre-rarity roundup trips on Wed, Thurs and Fri. 
   

11/11/09 - 955am-1010am
Oceanic Dr., Cape St. Claire, Anne Arundel Co., MD

WEATHER: Light rain, 50 degrees, NNE 12 mph

Canada Goose - 14
Surf Scoter - 1
Bufflehead - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1
Killdeer - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
European Starling - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2 
SPECIES: 16
TOTAL BIRDS: 37

11/11/09 - 1135am-130pm
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Key Wallace Dr., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle, 51 degrees, NNE 15 mph- NE 11 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Paul N

Canada Goose - 934
American Black Duck - 5
Mallard - 53
Northern Shoveler - 46
Northern Pintail - 171
Green-winged Teal - 25
Ruddy Duck - 3
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Great Blue Heron - 8
Turkey Vulture - 12
Bald Eagle - 9
Northern Harrier - 3
American Kestrel - 1
Killdeer - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 11
Western Sandpiper - 2
Dunlin - 44
Long-billed Dowitcher - 10
Ring-billed Gull - 9
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Blue Jay - 1
Horned Lark - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 7
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 15
American Pipit - 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 4
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 70
Common Grackle - 93
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 13
SPECIES: 47
TOTAL BIRDS: 1623

11/11/09 - 130pm-2pm
Egypt Rd. impoundments, Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle/Overcast, 51 degrees, NE 12 mph- NNE 13 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Paul N

Canada Goose - 38
Mallard - 2
Wild Turkey - 7
Turkey Vulture - 5
Bald Eagle - 2
Northern Harrier - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 2
Killdeer - 31
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Laughing Gull - 33
Ring-billed Gull - 80
Herring Gull - 5
Mourning Dove - 26
Northern Flicker - 1
American Crow - 5
Horned Lark - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 10
American Robin - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 45
Savannah Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 116
Common Grackle - 105
American Goldfinch - 19
SPECIES: 26
TOTAL BIRDS: 545

11/11/09 - 305pm-330pm
West Ocean City Pond, Golf Course Rd., West Ocean City, Worcester Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle/light rain, 52-53 degrees, NE 26 mph- NE 20 mph 
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Paul N

Canada Goose - 29
Mute Swan - 1 (imm)
Tundra Swan - 5
Wood Duck - 14
Gadwall - 15
American Wigeon - 1
American Black Duck - 8
Mallard - 49
Northern Shoveler - 22
Northern Pintail - 18
Green-winged Teal - 6
Ring-necked Duck - 16
Lesser Scaup - 2
Bufflehead - 2
Hooded Merganser - 9
Ruddy Duck - 11
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Great Blue Heron - 5 (one in flight N)
Great Egret - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
SANDHILL CRANE - 1 (high flying S, long neck, all gray, upward flicking)
Ring-billed Gull - 22
Mourning Dove - 1
American Crow - 2
American Robin - 3
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 32
TOTAL BIRDS: 255


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD