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Ocean City birds Jan18

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Frode Jacobsen

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Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:44:34 -0500

Along with several other birders I enjoyed a spring-like day in Ocean City
and vicinity today. The highlights for me were:

Northern Gannet--15+
Snow Goose--1500+ roosting way offshore and dispersing inland at dusk
Ross's Goose--1 w Snow Geese
Brewer's Duck--1 drake at Bayside development
Green-winged Teal--3
Common Eider--30+
Harlequin Duck--1 pair
White-winged Scoter--2 F
Horned Grebe--3
Red-throated Loon--6
Common Loon--20+
Merlin--1 F
Clapper Rail--1
Semipalmated Plover--1 1st cycle
Killdeer--4
American Oystercatcher--27
Purple Sandpiper--20+
Sanderling--16
Ruddy Turnstone--7
Lesser Black-backed gull--1 adult
Bonaparte's Gull--4
Saltmarsh Sparrow--2
Nelson's Sparrow--1
Rusty Blackbird--1 F

Harbor seal--3

Have a great week!

Frode Jacobsen
Windsor Mill, MD 21244