After reading Bill Hubick and Leslie Starr's posts about Smith Island, I
knew I needed to pay my first visit there so Jeff Culler and I went today.
We had strong winds all day with waves splashing over the jetties at Point
Lookout and we didn't find any migrants but had a very nice trip. My
highlights were Red-headed Woodpeckers at Point Lookout (just north of the
fort as Bill described, but we had 2 adults and 1 juvenile), 2 Peregrine
Falcons at the Target Ship, and on Smith Island - Tricolored Heron,
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, American Oystercatcher, Clapper Rail, Virginia
Rail, Saltmarsh Sparrow, and Seaside Sparrow.
We didn't get any pelagic birds but I kept expecting Sooty and Bridled Terns
to fly by. Maybe the next time. Until then I hope to get my pelagic fix this
Sunday on the trip out of Lewes, DE.
Complete lists are below.


Location:     Smith Island
Observation date:     8/13/10
Number of species:     39

Canada Goose     2
Mallard     20
Brown Pelican     75
Double-crested Cormorant     60
Great Blue Heron     4
Great Egret     8
Snowy Egret     6
Little Blue Heron     10
Tricolored Heron     5
Green Heron     2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron     7
Glossy Ibis     15
Turkey Vulture     2
Osprey     8
Northern Harrier     1
Peregrine Falcon     1
Clapper Rail     1
Virginia Rail     2
American Oystercatcher     4
Sanderling     3
Least Sandpiper     8
Ring-billed Gull     30
Herring Gull     25
Great Black-backed Gull     24
Common Tern     13
Royal Tern     1
Rock Pigeon     4
Fish Crow     48
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1
Purple Martin     6
Barn Swallow     18
European Starling     6
Saltmarsh Sparrow     2
Seaside Sparrow     8
Red-winged Blackbird     10
Boat-tailed Grackle     12
Brown-headed Cowbird     6
House Finch     3
House Sparrow     72

Location:     Point Lookout State Park
Observation date:     8/13/10
Number of species:     47

Brown Pelican     10
Double-crested Cormorant     8
Great Blue Heron     2
Black Vulture     3
Turkey Vulture     6
Osprey     8
Bald Eagle     3
American Kestrel     1
Peregrine Falcon     2
Spotted Sandpiper     2
Sanderling     3
Laughing Gull     30
Ring-billed Gull     2
Herring Gull     65
Great Black-backed Gull     35
Common Tern     15
Forster's Tern     10
Chimney Swift     2
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-headed Woodpecker     3
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Eastern Kingbird     2
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     1
Fish Crow     8
crow sp.     12
Purple Martin     3
Tree Swallow     1
Barn Swallow     18
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Brown-headed Nuthatch     3
Carolina Wren     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Eastern Bluebird     4
American Robin     2
Northern Mockingbird     2
Pine Warbler     10
Chipping Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     4
Blue Grosbeak     1
Common Grackle (Purple)     2
Brown-headed Cowbird     4
Orchard Oriole     1

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-- 
Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD