Hi all on Sunday Nov 11,2010 six birders of the Talbot County Bird Club joined field trip leader Danny Poet in the wilds of Wye Island In Queen Annes County to look for waterfowl and sparrows . The waterfowl was as scarce as hens teeth except Geese and a couple of duck species .
we ended the morning with 42 species and a great time was had by all in spite of not much waterfowl being found there .
Birds seen or heard but nothing rare or off the wall . Numbers are mostly estimated
Canada Goose many
Mallard 2
Ruddy Duck 25
Common Loon 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle 3 total two adults and one subadult 4 year bird
Sharp shinned Hawk 1
Coopers Hawk 1
Red Tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 15
Ring Billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black Backed Gull
Rock Pigeon group saw these on the drive to the Island
Mourning Dove 30 power lines on Carmichael Rd
Belted Kingfisher 1 at the bridge
Red Bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1 heard only
Blue Jay many
American Crow
Horned Lark 20 Carmichael Rd
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red Breasted Nuthatch 3 in a group
White Breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
Winter Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 4
Mockingbird 2
Starling 50
Eastern Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 8 +
White throated Sparrow 30
Dark Eyed Junco 12
Cardinal 5
Red Winged Blackbirds 100
Common Grackle 10 in the flock of Red winged Blackbirds
Goldfinch 1
Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown,Maryland
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