Hi everyone,
It's a great time of year to look for waterfowl and with the rainy weather, I thought I'd spend the day scouring Queen Anne's, Talbot, and Caroline counties for dabblers. Talbot was especially productive, Queen Anne's was ok with limited time, and Caroline was brutal, at least until my final stop at Covey's Landing.
Some of the highlights were my FOY of Forster's Terns at Wye Landing, Gadwall, Shoveler, Pintail, and Ring-necked Duck at Pickering Creek, Tree Swallow at Black Walnut Point, FOY Osprey at Martinak State Park, and more of said ducks on the Caroline side of Covey's Landing.
Full lists from most of my stops:
Location: Kent Narrows
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 10
Canada Goose 92
American Wigeon 2 Behind the Holiday Inn
Mallard 2
Lesser Scaup 84
Greater/Lesser Scaup 14
Bufflehead 12
Common Goldeneye 5
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 1
European Starling 3
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Location: Wye Landing
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 14
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Herring Gull 1
Forster's Tern 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 3
Horned Lark 1
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 10
Northern Cardinal 5
**Wye Landing is closed due to construction from about March 1 to July 1.
Location: Pickering Creek Audubon Center
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 20
Canada Goose 14
Tundra Swan 14
Wood Duck 6
Gadwall 1
American Black Duck 18
Mallard 22
Northern Shoveler 7
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal (American) 25
Ring-necked Duck 9
Lesser Scaup 15
Ruddy Duck 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Ring-billed Gull 100
Northern Flicker 15
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Location: Newcomb - Oak Creek Waterfront Park
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 5
Canvasback 7
Lesser Scaup 25
Bufflehead 10
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 1
Location: Black Walnut Point
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 7
Surf Scoter 800 Rough but conservative estimate
Long-tailed Duck 150
Bufflehead 50
Common Loon 1
Horned Grebe 1
gull sp. 2
Tree Swallow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Location: Spring Road Impoundments
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 5
Gadwall 15 - Good count for Talbot. Second highest away from Poplar Island in eBird (JB Churchill had 20 on Tarbutton Mill Road in 1999).
Mallard 35
Northern Shoveler 3
Green-winged Teal (American) 30
Killdeer 1
Location: Tuckahoe Landing (Talbot)
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 10
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 2
American Wigeon 4
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 165
Green-winged Teal (American) 2
Bald Eagle 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Location: Kibler Road rain ponds
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 6
Turkey Vulture 3
Rock Pigeon 30
Horned Lark 4
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Location: Martinak State Park
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 8
Mallard 6
Osprey 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Location: Denton WWTP
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 2
Ring-necked Duck 12
Bufflehead 3
Location: Ganey's Wharf (Talbot County)
Observation date: 3/12/10
Notes: Birds seen from the Caroline shore.
Number of species: 4
American Black Duck 1
Common Merganser 4
Bald Eagle 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Location: Coveys Landing (Caroline Co.)
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 7
Wood Duck 2
American Wigeon 4
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 69
Northern Pintail 8
Common Merganser 9
Eastern Bluebird 2
Robert Ostrowski
Crofton, MD |