Hey everyone,

Ed Boyd, Jim Stasz, Hans Holbrook and myself spent most of yesterday
birding in Dorchester and Caroline Counties.  We focused on field and
woodland breeders.  Highlights include:

Hole-In-The-Wall Cemetery (Talbot)
Dickcissel -- 1 male bird sitting well to the north of the cemetery in
the shrubby field.  Need scope to view well.

Egypt Rd (Dorchester)
Least Tern -- 9
Horned Lark -- 3 birds singing
Dickcissel -- 6 four males, two females, all viewed in the northern
stretch of the rd in the new impoundment area just south of Maple
School
Eastern Meadowlark -- 1 Heard singing in the fields to the east of the road.

Egypt Rd swamp (Dorchester)
Yellow-breasted Chat -- 2
Prothonotary Warbler -- 2

Little Blackwater River @ Seward (Dorchester)
American White Pelican -- 1 Still there.

Decoursey Bridge Rd @ Hurlock Creek
Prothonotary Warbler -- 3

Drawbridge Rd Transquaking River boat ramp (Dorchester)
Hairy Woodpecker -- 1
Prothonotary Warbler -- 1
Eastern Meadowlark -- 1 Heard calling from the ag area to the east of the river

Maiden Forest Rd stream crossing (Dorchester)
Prothonotary Warbler -- 2

Kraft Rd (Dorchester)
Prairie Warbler -- 1
Summer Tanager -- 1

Brookview Sandpit--PRIVATE (Dorchester)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow -- 1 observed coming out of nesting hole
Bank Swallow -- 5

Brookview Bridge over the Marshy Hope River (Dorchester)
Least Tern -- 2
Cliff Swallow -- 4
Prothonotary Warbler -- 1 on the town side of the river

Puckham Rd (Dorchester) I've included the complete ebird list for this site
Location:     Chesapeake Forest--Puckum Road
Observation date:     5/29/11
Number of species:     32

Great Blue Heron     1
Osprey     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     2
Acadian Flycatcher     7
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
White-eyed Vireo     3
Yellow-throated Vireo     2
Red-eyed Vireo     6
Carolina Chickadee     1
Tufted Titmouse     5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     4
Wood Thrush     2
Brown Thrasher     1
Cedar Waxwing     3
Pine Warbler     2
Prairie Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Prothonotary Warbler     2
Worm-eating Warbler     4
Ovenbird     6
Louisiana Waterthrush     4     Hans Holbrook, Jim Stasz, and myself
followed a logging trail along the creek that crosses Puckham Rd to
the west towards the Marshy Hope River.  We were able to identify four
individual LOWA, with one being a recently fledged young with no tail.
 The other three birds were heard singing and chipping.
Eastern Towhee     3
Summer Tanager     4
Scarlet Tanager     1
Indigo Bunting     3
Brown-headed Cowbird     1
American Goldfinch     2

Idylwild WMA Houston Branch Rd North entrance (Caroline) I've included
the complete ebird list for this site
Location:     Idylwild WMA (Houston Branch north entrance)
Observation date:     5/29/11
Number of species:     26

Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     3
Acadian Flycatcher     4
White-eyed Vireo     3
Red-eyed Vireo     1
American Crow     2
Tufted Titmouse     4
Carolina Wren     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     3
Prairie Warbler     5
Prothonotary Warbler     3
Worm-eating Warbler     4
Ovenbird     2
Common Yellowthroat     4
Yellow-breasted Chat     3
Eastern Towhee     2
Chipping Sparrow     3
Field Sparrow     3
Grasshopper Sparrow     1
Summer Tanager     5
Northern Cardinal     3
Blue Grosbeak     2
Indigo Bunting     11
American Goldfinch

Jim Brighton
Easton, MD


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