Howdy, 

I cruised the county looking for anything of interest yesterday...activity was fairly slow in the heat. There were an amazing amount of Osprey in/around St. George's Island and Piney Point. A gentleman (possible from the Bay Lab on St. George) stopped and mentioned there were at least 50 breeding pairs in the vicinity...so I'm sure my count was low. Every nest platform I saw had at least two young birds. 

A RED-HEADED WOOKPECKER was active on a dead tree just to the left of the campground at the terminus of Camp Merry Land Rd. 

Matt

Matt Tillett
Dameron, MD
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Location:    St. George's Island
Observation date:    6/24/10
Number of species:    39

Canada Goose    6
Mallard    1
Brown Pelican    1
Great Blue Heron    2
Snowy Egret    1
Green Heron    1
Black Vulture    7
Turkey Vulture    2
Osprey    24
Bald Eagle    1
Laughing Gull    4
Herring Gull    1
Mourning Dove    2
Chimney Swift    1
Red-headed Woodpecker    1
Acadian Flycatcher    1
Red-eyed Vireo    1
Blue Jay    2
American Crow    2
Fish Crow    5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    1
Eastern Bluebird    2
American Robin    2
Northern Mockingbird    4
Brown Thrasher    1
European Starling    10
Cedar Waxwing    2
Pine Warbler    1
Ovenbird    1
Yellow-breasted Chat    1
Chipping Sparrow    4
Grasshopper Sparrow    2
Summer Tanager    1
Northern Cardinal    1
Blue Grosbeak    1
Indigo Bunting    3
Red-winged Blackbird    15
Common Grackle    4
House Sparrow    2

Location:    Beauvue Ponds
Observation date:    6/24/10
Number of species:    20

Mute Swan   8
Mallard    1
Black Vulture    2
Turkey Vulture    12
Osprey    3
Red-shouldered Hawk    1
Herring Gull    1
Mourning Dove    2
Eastern Kingbird    2
Blue Jay    1
Fish Crow    1
Eastern Bluebird    8
Northern Mockingbird    3
Brown Thrasher    1
European Starling    10
Chipping Sparrow    1
Field Sparrow    2
Grasshopper Sparrow    5
Indigo Bunting    2
Red-winged Blackbird    5
Eastern Meadowlark    2