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Eastern Neck NWR and beyond, 11/19/11

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:50:40 -0500

11/19/11 - 930am-140pm
Eastern Neck NWR, Eastern Neck Rd., Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 45-53 degrees, SW 12 mph- SSW 13 mph
OBSERVERS: 5

Canada Goose - 2047
Tundra Swan - 277
Gadwall - 8
American Black Duck - 22
Mallard - 23
Northern Pintail - 52
Redhead - 4
Greater Scaup - 80
Lesser Scaup - 14
scaup sp - 310
Long-tailed Duck - 1
Bufflehead - 110
Common Goldeneye - 6
Red-breasted Merganser - 6
Ruddy Duck - 84
Common Loon - 6
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 32
Great Blue Heron - 3
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 22
Bald Eagle - 11
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Forster's Tern - 5
Mourning Dove - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 4
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 7 (2 Tubby Cove Overlook, 5 Boxes Point Trail)
Carolina Wren - 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 12
American Robin - 8
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 119 (several small flocks)
Eastern Towhee - 3
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 6
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 4
"Slate-colored" Junco - 12
Northern Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 100 (actual #, several small flocks)
Common Grackle - 3
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 59
INDIVIDUALS: 3471

11/19/11 – 205pm-235pm
Chesapeake Farms—Remington Dr., Rock Hall, Kent Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 53 degrees, SSW 11 mph
OBSERVERS: 5

Cackling "Richardson's" Goose - 2
Canada Goose - 3100
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 10
Northern Shoveler - 8
Northern Pintail - 69
Green-winged Teal - 12
Ruddy Duck - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Bald Eagle - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 45
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 (distance flyby)
American Crow - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 9
White-throated Sparrow - 1
White-crowned Sparrow - 6 (3 ad, 3 imm)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 17
SPECIES: 26
INDIVIDUALS: 3303

11/19/11 – 305pm-330pm
Chestertown Filtration Plant, John Hanson Rd., Chestertown, Kent Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 53-52 degrees, SSW 8 mph
OBSERVERS: 5

Canada Goose - 4428 (28 on field down the road)
Tundra Swan - 1
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 12
Northern Shoveler - 65
Green-winged Teal - 1 (drake)
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Bufflehead - 1 (hen)
Ruddy Duck - 130
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 (smaller pond)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 5
American Coot - 6
Killdeer - 68 (30 near pond, 38 across street)
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Forster's Tern - 2 (smaller pond)
Rock Pigeon - 1 (distance flyby)
Mourning Dove - 1
American Crow - 21
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 8
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Red-winged Blackbird – 13
SPECIES: 24
INDIVIDUALS: 4776

**66 species total for the day**


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD
    

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