Hi Everyone,
Below are some highlights from birding the lower Eastern Shore after the Assateague Big Sit on Sunday (10/10). Mike Burchett will be posting results from that event in the near future. I joined Jim Brighton, Rob Ostrowski, and Mike Ostrowski in birding other sites on the lower Eastern Shore from noon to dusk. Here are the somewhat abridged eBird lists.
Ocean City--Skimmer Island
* High tide. The godwits were two of the very few birds on the island.
Double-crested Cormorant--16
Great Blue Heron--2
Great Egret--1
MARBLED GODWIT--2
Laughing Gull--3
Ring-billed Gull--3
Herring Gull--2
Forster's Tern--2
Pocomoke SF--Fleming Mill (Worcester/Somerset)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker--2
White-breasted Nuthatch--1
Pine Warbler--1
Wellington WMA, Somerset Co.
Bald Eagle--1
Cooper's Hawk--1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)--2
Eastern Phoebe--1
Blue Jay--2
House Wren--2
Winter Wren--1. First of season for all.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--2
Eastern Bluebird--4 (a nearby sighting was Mike O's closeout)
Brown Thrasher--2
Northern Parula--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--15
Pine Warbler--1
Chipping Sparrow--8
Song Sparrow--3
Swamp Sparrow--3
Blue Grosbeak--4
Indigo Bunting--20
Vessey Orchard, Somerset Co.
Wood Duck--4. Two pairs on the favored Somerset Wood Duck pond.
Great Blue Heron--1
Bald Eagle--11
American Kestrel--2
Eastern Phoebe--1
Blue Jay--2
Tree Swallow--80
Red-breasted Nuthatch--1
Golden-crowned Kinglet--1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--2
Eastern Bluebird--4
Gray Catbird--1
Brown Thrasher--1
Northern Parula--1
Magnolia Warbler--2
Black-throated Blue Warbler--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--95
Palm Warbler (Western)--2
Palm Warbler (Yellow)--1
American Redstart--2
Common Yellowthroat--3
Chipping Sparrow--4
Song Sparrow--2
Non-avian: Mourning Cloak (5-10; fresh), Red Admiral (100s), Anglewing sp. (50), Cloudless Sulfur (5), Common Checkered Skipper (3-5), Pearl Crescent, Orange Sulfur, Cabbage White, Common Green Darner (5), Carolina Saddlebags. Really impressive butterfly density in the orchard.
Ellis Bay WMA, Wicomico Co.
Wood Duck--1
American Black Duck/Mallard--2
Northern Pintail--5
dabbling duck sp.--12
Great Blue Heron--3
Bald Eagle--1
Northern Harrier--6
Clapper/King Rail--9. Very vocal at dusk. Recorded a few minutes of calls. Birds here are generally considered Clappers, but playing it safe as rail migration is still underway. Maryland eBirders: Note that "Clapper/King Rail" is now available by default on all checklists where both species are expected.
Virginia Rail--6
SORA--5. Good count. Calling actively in three different sections of the marsh. Keek notes with a longer, whinier version mixed in at times. Recorded some audio.
Laughing Gull--520. Heavy dusk commute to the west.
Herring Gull--20
gull sp.--600. Heavy commute to the west at dusk.
Great Horned Owl--2
Red-bellied Woodpecker--1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)--2
Winter Wren--1. Calling.
Eastern Bluebird--4
Magnolia Warbler--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--25
Common Yellowthroat--1. Singing
Eastern Towhee--1
SEASIDE SPARROW--1. Sang at dusk.
Swamp Sparrow--3
Red-winged Blackbird--120. Several singing in the late afternoon.
Some photos from the weekend:
http://www.billhubick.com/photos/updates/20101011.php
(Includes a probable minimus Gray-cheeked Thrush from Point Lookout, 10/2)
Good birding,
Bill
Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland
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