To complement the sightings from the Tanyard Marsh - on our way to OC on Fri afternoon, we stopped on the far (CN Co) side of the 331 bridge, where we saw
Can Goose - 150
Mallard - 3
Gr-w Teal - 7
AM COOT - 16
Black -b Plover -1
Killdeer - 5
W Snipe - 1
R-b Gull - 6
B'parte's Gull - 3-4
BLACK SKIMMER 3-4
Having no i-phone, we could not report these until our return on Sunday, by which time others had posted from the same site by then, not finding the Skimmers. What a difference 2 days can make; tho' notice the similarities also.
Fred & Jane fallon
Huntingtown
From: Bob Ringler <>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Black Walnut Point--21 Great Cormorants! (Talbot Co.) & Tanyard Marsh Bonaparte's
Jim,
The state record for Great Cormorant is 27 on Dec. 31, 2000 for the
Annapolis CBC (multiple observations) and the highest single count is 26 at
Point Lookout on Jan. 23, 1984. Most reports of Great Cormorants do not
give the age of the birds but the highest number of adults reported in fall
is two. Not to have any immatures or sub-adults in a flock that size is
astounding.
On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Jim Moore <> wrote:
> Stopped by Black Walnut Point on the way back from the Rarity Roundup.
> Was quite surprised to find 21 Great Cormorants (together with 27
> Double-crested Cormorants) perched on the pilings out in the bay. All the
> birds were adults showing a white throat. This is an all-time eBird high
> count for the state (previous high count was 13 in 2003). Don't know why
> they showed up all of a sudden. Maybe the sustained winds of the last
> couple days dislocated them from a usual roost farther out in the bay.
> Good to see in any event. Felt as though I was back in Massachusetts.
> Other birds of interest were Northern Gannets, Long-tailed Ducks, 66 Brown
> Pelicans, and Surf Scoters.
>
> Also stopped by Tanyard Marsh in Caroline county briefly. There were two
> Bonaparte's Gulls roosting with Laughing and the other common gulls on the
> flats. These are the first of season for Caroline on eBird. Also saw one
> of the continuing Black-bellied Plovers, as well as many Wilson's Snipe,
> Dunlin, three Greater Yellowlegs, hundreds of Killdeer, a few Forster's
> Terns, and several Green-winged Teal.
>
>
> Good birding!
> Jim Moore
> Rockville, Maryland
>
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