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Blackwater & beyond, 03/20/10

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:13:42 -0700

Hi all,



03/20/10 - 720am   
Chesapeake City Bridge, Augustine Herman Hwy, Chesapeake City, Cecil Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 43 degrees, calm
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, Sean McC

Mallard - 2
Bufflehead - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 3
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 1
European Starling - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - 6
SPECIES: 13
INDIVIDUALS: 25

03/20/10 - 730am-735am  
Route 213, S of Cecilton, Cecil Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 44 degrees, calm
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, Sean McC

Snow Goose - 5
Canada Goose - 26
Mallard - 8
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1140
Herring Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 3
American Crow - 8
Horned Lark - 2
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 26
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 19
SPECIES: 15
INDIVIDUALS: 1249

03/20/10 - 840am-845am   
Route 50 field, N of Trappe, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 52 degrees, calm
OBSERVERS: 7

Canada Goose - 4
Wild Turkey - 4
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 2
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Common Grackle - 3
SPECIES: 13
INDIVIDUALS: 25

03/20/10 - 855am-905am  
Egypt Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 53-54 degrees, calm
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, Sean McC

Canada Goose - 6
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
American Kestrel - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
American Crow - 2
Horned Lark - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
American Robin - 32
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 15
AMERICAN PIPIT - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 1
VESPER SPARROW - 1 (flushed on edge of road, good look)
White-throated Sparrow - 6
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 16
Common Grackle - 10
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
SPECIES: 20
INDIVIDUALS: 105

03/20/10 - 905am-1205pm  
Blackwater NWR "Wildlife Drive" Key Wallace Dr., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 55-71 degrees, NW 4 mph- WNW 4 mph
OBSERVERS: 9

Snow Goose - 2
Canada Goose - 416 
Mute Swan - 1
Tundra Swan - 304
Wood Duck - 2
Gadwall - 6
American Wigeon - 14
Mallard - 34
Blue-winged Teal - 1 (hen)
Northern Shoveler - 39
Northern Pintail - 82
Green-winged Teal - 330
Ring-necked Duck - 16
Ruddy Duck - 3
Horned Grebe - 1
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN - 15 (was 28 on Thurs)
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 (single flock, high flying headed N)
Great Blue Heron - 11
Great Egret - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 10
Osprey - 4
Bald Eagle - 8
Northern Harrier - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 11
Killdeer - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Northern Flicker - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Fish Crow - 4
Tree Swallow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 7
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 13
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 56
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Pine Warbler - 11
White-throated Sparrow - 2
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 (adult)
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 45
Common Grackle - 37
House Sparrow - 4
SPECIES: 54
INDIVIDUALS: 1543

03/20/10 - 1235pm-1255pm  
Oakley St. Waterfowl Viewing Area, Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 71 degrees, WNW 4 mph
OBSERVERS: 9

Canada Goose - 1
American Wigeon - 1
Mallard - 6
Lesser Scaup - 23
Surf Scoter - 20
Long-tailed Duck - 1 (hen, on way down over bridge)
Bufflehead - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Osprey - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Fish Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 1
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 19
INDIVIDUALS: 72

03/20/10 - 125pm-2pm  
Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Audubon Ln., Easton, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 71 degrees, WNW 5 mph
OBSERVERS: 3

Canada Goose - 2
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 8
Green-winged Teal - 6
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 12
Osprey - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
American Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Eastern Meadowlark - 2
Common Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 25
INDIVIDUALS: 72

03/20/10 - 230pm-305pm 
Behind Holiday Inn Express, Kent Narrows Rd., Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 72 degrees, W 6 mph- W 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 3

Mallard - 2
TUFTED DUCK - 1
Lesser Scaup - 32 (had 33 on Tues)
Turkey Vulture - 3
Osprey - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 7
Fish Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 1
American Robin - 2
European Starling - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
SPECIES: 14
INDIVIDUALS: 63


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD