Rough weather on Saturday forced us to move to Sunday and it was a good day but not so good for waders and other marsh birds due to marsh and road being under water.
But everyone had a good time seeing many of their target birds. Best one was seeing 2 Atlantic Brant (county birds for many of the county listers) behind a jetty wall at Martin NWR, a pair of Peregrine Falcon possible nesting at a old navy ship on Somerset side of the bay. Good variety of shorebirds on jetty wall at the refuge.
04/17/11 - 810am-830am
Point Lookout SP--Causeway, Point Lookout Rd., Scotland, St. Marys Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 52-53 degrees, WSW 10 mph- W 11 mph
OBSERVERS: 4
Mallard - 2
Lesser Scaup - 10
Surf Scoter - 2
Bufflehead - 115
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Common Loon - 2
Horned Grebe - 17
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Turkey Vulture - 6
Osprey - 1
Laughing Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 5
Herring Gull - 5
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
SPECIES: 20
INDIVIDUALS: 179
04/17/11 - 835am-930am
Point Lookout SP--Lake Conoy, Point Lookout Rd., Scotland, St., Marys Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 53-54 degrees, W 11 mph
OBSERVERS: 32
Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Common Loon - 1
Brown Pelican - 6 (w/ cormorants)
Double-crested Cormorant - 140 (pound nets, at causeway to bay)
Great Blue Heron - 6
Black Vulture - 3
Osprey - 4
Bald Eagle - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Laughing Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Fish Crow - 4
Barn Swallow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
American Robin - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Common Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 22
INDIVIDUALS: 187
04/17/11 - 930am-1015am
Smith Island cruise, St. Marys Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 54-55 degrees, W 8K- W 9K
OBSERVERS: 32
Long-tailed Duck - 1
Bufflehead - 1
Red-throated Loon - 1
Common Loon - 2
Northern Gannet - 10
Brown Pelican - 7
Double-crested Cormorant - 40
Osprey - 2
Laughing Gull - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Barn Swallow - 8
SPECIES: 14
INDIVIDUALS: 80
04/17/11 - 1015am-1050am
Smith Island cruise, Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 55 degrees, W 9K
OBSERVERS: 32
Surf Scoter - 65
White-winged Scoter - 5
Black Scoter - 12
Long-tailed Duck - 4
Bufflehead - 4
Red-throated Loon - 1
Common Loon - 3
Northern Gannet - 11
Brown Pelican - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 7
Osprey - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 2 (returned trip, old navy ship)
Laughing Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 4
Caspian Tern - 1 (returned trip)
Barn Swallow - 3
SPECIES: 18
INDIVIDUALS: 135
04/17/11 - 1050am-1055am
Martin NWR, Ewell, Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 55 degrees, W 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 32
Atlantic Brant - 2 (returned trip, behind jetty wall)
Mute Swan - 1
American Black Duck - 4
Bufflehead - 3
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Common Loon - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Brown Pelican - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 3
American Oystercatcher - 9
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Sanderling - 1
Purple Sandpiper - 2
Dunlin - 40
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Fish Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Boat-tailed Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 21
INDIVIDUALS: 81
04/17/11 - 1055am-140pm
Smith Island, Ewell, Somerset Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny/Fair, 55-59 degrees, W 10 mph- WSW 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 32
American Black Duck - 6
Mallard - 10
Bufflehead - 12
Common Loon - 2
Brown Pelican - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 16
Great Blue Heron - 7
Great Egret - 8
Snowy Egret - 2
Little Blue Heron - 14
Tricolored Heron - 1
Green Heron - 1
Yellow-crowned Night Heron - 3
Glossy Ibis - 15
Osprey - 5
Bald Eagle - 1
Northern Harrier - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Clapper Rail - 1
Virginia Rail - 1
American Oystercatcher - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Willet - 4
Laughing Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 5
Herring Gull - 30
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Caspian Tern - 1
Common Tern - 1
Forsters Tern - 6
Royal Tern - 2
Rock Pigeon - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Fish Crow - 6
Purple Martin - 2
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 9
European Starling - 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Field Sparrow - 2
Seaside Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 10
Boat-tailed Grackle - 8
House Finch - 3
House Sparrow - 17
SPECIES: 50
INDIVIDUALS: 251
04/17/11 - 335pm-405pm
Long Neck Rd., Scotland, St. Marys Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 62 degrees, WSW 11 mph
OBSERVERS: 3
Canada Goose - 2
Turkey Vulture - 3
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 3
American Kestrel - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 5
Dunlin - 15
Wilson's Snipe - 2
Forster's Tern - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
American Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 9
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Common Grackle - 6
Brown-headed Cowbird - 9
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 22
INDIVIDUALS: 78
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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