Hi all this morning  I went  birding  at the Chesapeake Bay Enivromental Center in Grasonville Maryland  located in Queen Annes County.  It was quite a  busy place today lots of folks out enjoying  the   nice but coolish morning .  I could  not  find  anything rare or nor any Brown headed Nuthatch my main reason for stopping by today .   Some nice waterfowl around  but numbers dropping off except Ruddy Ducks they have been almost  as scarce as hen's teeth this winter. Today I had more than I have seen all winter  Bird list below

 Sunny and  some wind 
10:30 am to 12:30  pm 

Canada Goose       4
Mute Swan        1  Marshy Creek 
Gadwall     10     first of the year for me in Q.A. county  Lake knapp
American Wigeon     1   Lake knapp 
Mallard      30        most of them in Lake Knapp 
Northern Pintail     2  one drake one hen     Lake  knapp 
Green winged Teal      24    Lake Knapp 
Canvasback     7      Marshy creek 
Lesser Scaup     6   Lake Knapp
Bufflehead     24     in the Lake   5  in Marshy Creek 
Ruddy Duck   500     number estimated    Marshy Creek 
Black Vulture     1
Turkey Vulture   3
Bald Eagle       1 adult 
GREAT HORNED OWL      1      on a nest   reported to have three young 
Red Bellied Woodpecker    1
Tree Swallow    15      all ready taking over  nesting boxes on the property 
Carolina Chickadee     2
Red Breasted  Nuthatch      2     At one point the both landed in a River Birch tree  low and just a few feet away I got a great photo  of one 
Carolina Wren        2     Marshy Creek Trail very  vocal 
American   Robin      8 
Yellow Rumped Warbler       15  
 Pine warbler      1     heard briefly 
Song Sparrow      3
White - throated Sparrow   1 
Dark Eyed Junco       15     estimated 
Red Winged Blackbird    20    


Happy Birding
Danny poet 
Queenstown  Maryland 
 








 		 	   		  
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