Hi all on Sunday Feb 28, 2010   four VERY HARDY  members of  Talbot  County Bird Club   met  trip leader  Danny Poet   at the Wye Island Bridge  in Queen Annes County.  No sooner had everyone arrived  then we were exposed to off and on  heavy snow flurries  hindering our  scoping of the Wye River . We ended our morning on the Island  with  41 species  nothing rare but we enjoyed   nice groupings of waterfowl  .  We were hopefull for  an early Osprey   but none choose to show up  . Just to let folks know  the dirt road on the Island is closed to  automobiles because of the big melt .  Birds seen and heard below  numbers are  rough estimates. A great time  was had by all  .

Great Blue Heron      2
Tundra Swan     50        two flocks as  flyovers 
Snow Goose     100 flyovers
Canada Goose    many 
American Black Duck       4
Mallard     6
Northern Pintail     32     flyover
American Wigeon     12
Canvasback         12
Ring Necked Duck   4
Lesser Scaup     100
Common Goldeneye     1 drake 
Bufflehead     15
Ruddy Duck   
Black Vulture 
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle  1 adult on Nest 
Red tailed Hawk   1
American  Kestrel      1 on Carmichael Road
Killdeer   7
Ring Billed Gull   200
Herring Gull   1
Great Black backed Gull   1
Red bellied Woodpecker    2
Downy Woodpecker      1
Flicker     6
Blue Jay    5
American Crow 
Carolina Chickadee   3
Tufted Titmouse     4
Carolina Wren    3
Eastern Bluebird     6     males singing 
Mockingbird       3
Brown Thrasher     1
Cedar  Waxwing    17    first of the year  for several of us 
Starling    
Cardinal      6
White Throated Sparrow   20
Dark eyed Junco    15
Red Winged Blackbirds    large flock
Grackle   



Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown, Maryland 








 		 	   		  
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