Hi Everyone,

A delayed report from Friday morning.  Nothing rare, so I didn't try too hard to find an earlier time to send this...

I arrived at Bayside Friday morning (4 Dec 2009) to find that Jim Stasz and Carol Broderick had gotten the morning off to a proper start by arriving at first light.  We had a pretty slow morning at Bayside proper, but I enjoyed some sparrow variety (including a Fox Sparrow) at Bayside Campground.  Jim's list from Bayside (which I'm sure will find it's way into eBird) will be more comprehensive than mine, but here are the lists from my brief visit.

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
 



Location:     Assateague I. NS--Bayside
Observation date:     12/4/09, 7:45-8:35 am
Observers: Jim Stasz, Carol Broderick, and Ron Gutberlet.  No students today, so I took it easy and got a late start--Jim Stasz arrived at least an hour earlier and will have a more comprehensive list for the morning.
Weather (from accuweather.com for Ocean City, MD, 8-9 am): 43-48 F, wind NW to NNW at 6-9 mph, no precipitation, sunny, relative humidity 85-67%, barometric pressure 30.14-30.17 in, visibility 10 miles.
Number of species:     23

Brant (Atlantic)     161
American Black Duck     2
Surf Scoter     8
Bufflehead     56
Hooded Merganser     2     2 fly-bys spotted by Jim
Red-breasted Merganser     7
Red-throated Loon     1     1 flying south and high
Common Loon     3     on the bay
Horned Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     21     all southbound; groups of 2 and 19
Ring-billed Gull     1
Herring Gull     36
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     2
Carolina Chickadee     1
Carolina Wren     1
American Robin     7
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Mockingbird     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     37
White-throated Sparrow     6
Red-winged Blackbird     2
American Goldfinch     10



Location:     Assateague I. NS--Bayside Campground
Observation date:     12/4/09, 8:35-9:20 am
Notes:     Carol B., Jim S., and I went separate ways for further exploring on the island.  I stuck with my Friday routine of doing a quick check of the campground.
Weather (from accuweather.com for Ocean City, MD, 8-9 am): 43-48 F, wind NW to NNW at 6-9 mph, no precipitation, sunny, relative humidity 85-67%, barometric pressure 30.14-30.17 in, visibility 10 miles.
Number of species:     24

Brant (Atlantic)     160     on the bay
Bufflehead     300     rough estimate of large rafts across the bay near the Visitors Center
Double-crested Cormorant     13     1 southbound flock
Dunlin     9     together on the sandy part of the spit of marsh that extends into the bay
Herring Gull     44
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1     flew through campground; migrant?
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     4
Carolina Chickadee     2
Carolina Wren     7
American Robin     1
Gray Catbird     9
Northern Mockingbird     5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     85
Eastern Towhee     1
Field Sparrow     2
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)     1
Fox Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     9
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     10
Northern Cardinal     6
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     2

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