Howdy- 

I participated in another FSU ornithology class lab today in the pouring rain at Rocky Gap SP- ten students, and my assistant, Dr. Ammer. One of the cooler birds we saw was a leucistic female BELTED KINGFISHER, tipped to me earlier this week by Kevin Oxenrider (documentation photos at: www.flickr.com/photos/mattyfioner/ ). The LONG-TAILED DUCK, seen yesterday, remains on the lake, still too distant for photos. Lots of swallows have arrived- BARN, TREE, and NORTHERN-ROUGH WINGED were in abundance. 

Passerines were fairy active. Warbler included BLACK-AND-WHITE, YELLOW-RUMPED, PRAIRIE, PINE, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. We also had both kinglets, and good showings of woodpeckers and sparrows. 

Good birding!
Matt

Matt Tillett
Cumberland, MD
www.flickr.com/photos/mattyfioner/


Location:    Rocky Gap SP
Observation date:    4/12/11
Notes:    LTDU- same bird as yesterday. white head, black cheek, mottled gray over white body. leucistic BEKI
Number of species:    56

Canada Goose    1
Mallard    6
Ring-necked Duck    2
Lesser Scaup    1
Long-tailed Duck    1    same bird as yesterday. white head, black cheek, mottled gray over white body.
Red-breasted Merganser    1
Ruddy Duck    1
Common Loon    6
Pied-billed Grebe    1
Double-crested Cormorant    14
Turkey Vulture    4
Osprey    1
Bald Eagle    2    1 adult, 1 3rd year
American Coot    8
Killdeer    1
Spotted Sandpiper    1
Bonaparte's Gull    16
Mourning Dove    1
Belted Kingfisher    1    leucistic
Red-bellied Woodpecker    3
Downy Woodpecker    5
Hairy Woodpecker    1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)    2
Eastern Phoebe    1
Blue Jay    9
American Crow    10
Common Raven    1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow    24
Tree Swallow    45
Barn Swallow    32
Black-capped Chickadee    15
Tufted Titmouse    13
White-breasted Nuthatch    1
Brown Creeper    2
Carolina Wren    3
Golden-crowned Kinglet    3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    1
Eastern Bluebird    2
American Robin    23
Northern Mockingbird    1
European Starling    2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)    14
Pine Warbler    12
Prairie Warbler    1
Black-and-white Warbler    1
Common Yellowthroat    1
Eastern Towhee    5
Chipping Sparrow    10
Song Sparrow    5
White-throated Sparrow    3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)    15
Northern Cardinal    1
Red-winged Blackbird    25
Common Grackle    17
Brown-headed Cowbird    2
American Goldfinch    2

Location:    I-68 Incidental
Observation date:    4/12/11
Number of species:    4

Cooper's Hawk    1
Rock Pigeon    35
Mourning Dove    2
American Crow    1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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