Hi everyone,

Yesterday, Mike and I birded Calvert County. The weather was good and so was the birding. Our top hightlight came when Mike spotted 7 BROWN PELICANS flying north over the Bay, while we were at Calvert Cliffs. Further in the distance, a few Gannets were seen flying around. 

Another highlight was a PIED-BILLED GREBE, which looking at the eBird data, seems to be a pretty decent bird in Calvert. We found this bird on a lake off of Lake Shore Drive. There were also 300 Canada Geese and some Mallards. This little lake looks to have potential and hopefully can be checked semi-regularly for waterfowl. 

Full lists:

Location:     Calvert Cliffs State Park
Observation date:     11/22/09
Number of species:     36

Canada Goose     25
Wood Duck     1     On the pond near the parking lot
American Black Duck     3
Mallard     24
Bufflehead     10     on the bay
Red-breasted Merganser     4     
loon sp.     2     fly by
Northern Gannet     5     
BROWN PELICAN     7     Spotted by Michael. Seen flying generally northward over the bay, all in one group.
Great Blue Heron     1
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture     3
Great Black-backed Gull     69     
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy Woodpecker     3
Northern Flicker     2
Pileated Woodpecker     2
American Crow     10
Carolina Chickadee     6
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Carolina Wren     5
Winter Wren     2
Golden-crowned Kinglet     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Eastern Bluebird     6
Hermit Thrush     6
Field Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     5
Swamp Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     1
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     30
Common Grackle     15
American Goldfinch     3

Location:     Kings Landing Park
Observation date:     11/22/09
Number of species:     27

Bufflehead     1
Double-crested Cormorant     3
Turkey Vulture     1
Laughing Gull     3
Ring-billed Gull     4
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     2
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     3
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     2
American Robin     1
Brown Thrasher     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     6
Eastern Towhee     2
Song Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     10
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     5
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     20
Common Grackle     50

Location:     Lake Shore Dr Lake
Observation date:     11/22/09
Number of species:     4

Canada Goose     300
Mallard     2
PIED-BILLED GREBE    1
Carolina Wren     1

Location:     North Beach
Observation date:     11/22/09
Number of species:     12

Mallard     36
Surf Scoter     1
Long-tailed Duck     2
Bufflehead     50
Common Loon     5
Turkey Vulture     1
Bald Eagle     1
Killdeer     8     
Ring-billed Gull     30
Herring Gull     14
Forster's Tern     23     
Swamp Sparrow     1

Robert Ostrowski

Crofton, MD