On Friday 2/19 Jeff Culler & I visited several locations in Worcester and Somerset Counties. The bird of the day was the female Eurasian Wigeon at Bayside Development Pond found by Mikey Lutmerding. Below is a summary of the highlights by location in the order we stopped. 






Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD 





Location:     Salisbury, Wicomico County, MD, US 
Seen from the Bypass Rd. 
Snow Goose     27 

Location:     Ocean  City Inlet 
Common Eider     66 
Harlequin Duck     2 
Surf Scoter     6 
Black Scoter     2 
Long-tailed Duck     18 
Red-throated Loon     6 
Northern Gannet     4 
Purple Sandpiper     40 

Harbor Seal     2 

Kevin Graff et. al.     4 



Location:     West Ocean City Pond 
Northern Shoveler     28 
Northern Pintail     5 
Canvasback     20 
Ring-necked Duck     3 
Boat-tailed Grackle     2 



Location:     Bayside Development Pond 
Tundra Swan     2 
Gadwall     8 
Eurasian Wigeon     1     female 
American Wigeon     12 
Northern Shoveler     1 
Redhead     8 
Ring-necked Duck     6 
Lesser Scaup     6 



Location:     Rum Pointe Golf Course 
Gadwall     6 
American Wigeon     60 
Northern Shoveler     4 
Lesser Scaup     8 
Ruddy Duck     2 
Double-crested Cormorant     28 
American Coot     1 
Horned Lark     3 
But no Common Mergansers :( 



Location:     Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD, US 
Snow Goose     5000 
American Pipit     2 



Location:     Girdletree, MD - Cherrix Rd 
Snow Goose     2000 
Tundra Swan     6 
Northern Harrier     1 



Location:     Pocomoke City--Pocomoke River Dr & Somerset Rd 
Winter Wren     1 




Location:     Crisfield, Somerset County, MD, US 

Greater Scaup     6 
Surf Scoter     10 
White-winged Scoter     2 
Bufflehead     75 
Red-breasted Merganser     6 
Common Loon     5 
Horned Grebe     1 



Location:     Westover, MD - River Rd 
Green-winged Teal (American)     2 
Lesser Scaup     5 
Hooded Merganser     2 
Ruddy Duck     1 
Bald Eagle     1 
For the second time - No Common Mergansers 



Location:     Deal Island WMA 
Tundra Swan     5 
Gadwall     6 
American Wigeon     12 
Northern Pintail     24 
Greater Scaup     4 
Surf Scoter     4 
Long-tailed Duck     2 
Bufflehead     60 
Common Goldeneye     1 
Ruddy Duck     2 
Bald Eagle     2 
Northern Harrier     8 
Killdeer     2 
Wilson's Snipe     2 

Many more ducks out of identification range about a mile from Green Dumpster Rd. Many of the ponds along Deal Island Rd had open water. 



Location:     Princess Anne, Somerset County, MD, US 
Snow Goose     1000