Maryland Birders - Here is a report from the lovely morning of birding that
the Talbot Bird Club had at CBEC, under the able leadership of Danny Poet.
Seven birders joined him, and many good birds, especially the several duck
species, gave nice viewing.  The Snowy Egret was probably the most unusual
bird for this time of year, and it was clearly seen by all of the group.
After most of the people had left, Danny and three others visited the cove
near the CBEC entrance to view a large raft of ducks that had been seen from
a distance earlier.  The raft was dominated by 5000 or more Ruddy Ducks, and
included a few Canvasbacks, a few Lesser Scaup, a few Buffleheads and a
female Hooded Merganser.

LES ROSLUND
TALBOT COUNTY
EASTON, MD


Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (Horsehead), Queen Anne's, US-MD
Nov 20, 2011 7:45 AM - 11:45 AM
49 species

Canada Goose  280
Tundra Swan  91
Gadwall  6
American Wigeon  4
American Black Duck  9
Mallard  59
Northern Shoveler  18
Green-winged Teal  4
Ring-necked Duck  1
Lesser Scaup  9
Bufflehead  49
Hooded Merganser  2
Ruddy Duck  48
Common Loon  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  1     Seen several times loosely grouped with the three Great
Egrets.  Dark bill, small size and other general features made it easy to
identify by all.

Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  5
Bald Eagle  4
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
American Coot  300     Quite close count for a large raft of coots flocked
in the shelter of some marsh grasses, and moving quite rapidly.  View was
from fairly close distance.

Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
Blue Jay  11
American Crow  6
Carolina Chickadee  4
Carolina Wren  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Eastern Bluebird  6
American Robin  110
Northern Mockingbird  5
European Starling  10
Cedar Waxwing  24
Yellow-rumped Warbler  16
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  7
White-throated Sparrow  5
Dark-eyed Junco  20
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  44
House Finch  11

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

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