The Talbot Bird Club visited Pickering Creek Audubon Center the
morning of March 20th and turned up 58 bird species.  Seventeen members
participated, with the trip led by Les Roslund.  Highlight of the day was
the viewing of two Barn Swallows that showed up amongst the numerous Tree
Swallows scarfing for insects above the waters of the largest wetland pond.

 

Species list:

 

Great Blue Heron

Snow Goose - 1

Canada Goose - still several hundred

Ducks - Wood, Green-winged Teal, Black, Mallard, Pintail, Shoveler, Gadwall,
Ring-necked, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Merganser and Ruddy

 

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

 

Osprey

Bald Eagle, including location of a "new this year" occupied nest along
Unionville Road

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Wild Turkey 

American Coot - 4

 

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Forster's Tern - 2

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

 

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

 

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow - 2  First of year for most participants

Blue Jay

American Crow

Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

 

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

Eastern Bluebird

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

 

Pine Warbler

Northern Cardinal

Eastern Towhee

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White Throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

 

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

House Sparrow

 

          The hospitality of Pickering Creek Audubon Center was greatly
appreciated.

 

Les Roslund

Talbot County

Easton, MD

 


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