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Kent Island mornings, Sept 17, 18th

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Mark Schilling

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Mark Schilling

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Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:03:59 -0400

Spent a few hours from after dawn until about 9 AM each day birding. eBird reports below...
Mark Schilling, Kent Island


Keene Farm Lane, KI, Queen Anne's, US-MD
Sep 18, 2011 7:05 AM - 7:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Mostly at the pond at intersection of Ken Point Road and Keene Farm Lane
22 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  55
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  4
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  1
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  1
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  1
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  3
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  4
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  1
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)  1
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)  4
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)  1     Heard, possibly out near Bay
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  2
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  3
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  2
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)  2     flyover calls



Kent Point (neighborhood), Queen Anne's, US-MD
Sep 18, 2011 7:15 AM - 8:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Cloudy, cool,  light breeze
35 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  25
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  5     Seemingly everywhere I looked. (probably more) ..
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)  1
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  2
Empidonax sp. (Empidonax sp.)  1
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)  1     Very good look, feeding with nearby Red-eyed vireos; clear look at yellow on throat, dark lores, supercilium, and overall size, color and shape, esp. compared to close-by RE Vireos.
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  3
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  4
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  2
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)  2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  3
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  6
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  2
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  17
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  53
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  2
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  1
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  1
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.)  3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  1
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)  2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  5
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  3



Terrapin Nature Park, Queen Anne's, US-MD
Sep 17, 2011 7:10 AM - 9:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
43 species (+2 other taxa)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  11
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  3
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  1
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  2
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)  13
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  2
Merlin (Falco columbarius)  1     Perched above me a snag
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)  1
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)  1
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)  4
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)  3
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  2
Empidonax sp. (Empidonax sp.)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)  1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  3
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  6
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)  2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  6
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  3
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  7
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  7
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  3
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  4
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  5
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)  2
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)  2
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  7
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  2
Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)  1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  2
warbler sp. (Parulinae sp.)  9
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  9
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  15
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  3


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