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Tour de Swamp - Day 2

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Helen Patton

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Helen Patton

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Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:09:52 -0400

This is a continuation of the swamp/march trip taken by Lydia Schindler and I on Thursday and Friday, April 22 and 23.  This is day 2 covering the Nassawango Preserve, Elliott Island and Blackwater NWR.  Highlights:

Nassawango/Walston Switch Road/Fooks Road/Twilly's Bridge Road/Wango Road/Beach Island Road/Bear Swamp Road - Wicomico Co, MD
3 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Horned Lark
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Wood Thrush
5 White-eyed Vireo
2 Yellow-throated Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Yellow-throated Warbler
5 Pine Warbler
15 Prairie Warbler
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 American Redstart
13 Ovenbird
3 Prothonotary Warbler
4 Worm-eating Warbler
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
5 Common Yellowthroat
2 Field Sparrow
2 Grasshopper Sparrow

Sturgis Road/Mt. Olive Church Road, Worcester Co, MD
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Wood Thrush
3 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Northern Parula
2 Yellow-throated Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
4 American Redstart
2 Ovenbird
2 Common Yellowthroat
On a tip from a local birder, we made a detour back to Shepherd's Crossing Road to the bridge over the Pocomoke River to get my closeout Eastern Phoebe.  There was a pair on the Wicomoco side, but one of them flew over to Worcester Co(finally)

Elliott Island Road, Dorchester Co, MD
12 Snowy Egret
1 Bald Eagle
6 Black-necked Stilt
7 Greater Yellowlegs
4 Lesser Yellowlegs
5 Willet
1 Pine Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 Savannah Sparrow
1 Eastern Meadowlark

Elliott, Dorchester Co, MD
1 adult Killdeer with 4 adorable chicks
1 Snowy Egret
1 Wilson's Snipe
Elliott Whart - Dorchester Co, MD
1 Short-billed Dowitcher
350 Dunlin
3 Willet

Elliott Island -> Blackwater NWR
Henry's Crossroads/Griffin Neck Road/Bestpitch Ferry Road - Dorchester MD
5 Bald Eagle
1 Pine Warbler
2 Ovenbird
1 Common Yellowthroat

Blackwater NWR - Dorchester Co, MD
1 American White Pelican
2 Lesser Scaup
1 Eastern Meadowlark
Shorter's Wharf Road
2 Seaside Sparrow

A lovely day.  For the two days, 12 warblers and 9 sparrows.
Helen

Helen Patton
429 Hamilton Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 588-5418