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Cherry Walk Rd--Wicomico Co--2/11/2010

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Ronald Gutberlet

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Ronald Gutberlet

Date:

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:59:20 -0500

Hi Everyone,

Carol and I birded Cherry Walk Rd near the town of Quantico in Wicomico County this afternoon (11 Feb 2010).  While we didn't find any unexpected species, the variety was nice, and I finally added Wild Turkey to my year list.  One member of the turkey flock was leucistic.  I took some digiscopes that I'm glad to share, or you could just look at the photo at this site--a good match for the bird we saw:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8702580@N02/4275872565/

Shaded areas on back roads down here are icy and very slippery in places; main roads are in good shape.

Our full eBird list follows.

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
 


Location:     Cherry Walk Rd
Observation date:     2/11/10, 3:10-4:45 pm
Notes:     Cherry Walk Rd is 8 miles long, but we stopped at mile 7 to help dig out a big pick up truck in a ditch; that used the rest of our daylight.  Was hoping for Rusty Blackbird or American Tree Sparrow, but no luck there.  WITU was a year bird.
Number of species:     37

Snow Goose     860
Canada Goose     135
Wild Turkey     21     including a leucistic bird; took a few digiscopes
Black Vulture     3
Turkey Vulture     4
Northern Harrier     2
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)     1
Killdeer     1
Wilson's Snipe     1
Rock Pigeon     1
Mourning Dove     27
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     3
Horned Lark     8
Carolina Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse     3
Eastern Bluebird     5
Hermit Thrush     4
American Robin     102
Gray Catbird     1
Northern Mockingbird     7
Brown Thrasher     2
European Starling     17
American Pipit     1
Cedar Waxwing     7
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
Fox Sparrow (Red)     2
Song Sparrow     16
White-throated Sparrow     71
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     24
Northern Cardinal     12
Red-winged Blackbird     8
Common Grackle     40
Brown-headed Cowbird     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)