04/14/12 – 930am-1010am
Smith Island Cruise, St. Marys Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 60-64 degrees, SW 7K
OBSERVERS: 42

Red-throated Loon – 1
Common Loon – 3
Northern Gannet – 32
Double-crested Cormorant – 34 (flocks of 31 & 3 headed N)
Osprey – 1
Bonaparte’s Gull – 4
Laughing Gull – 1
Ring-billed Gull – 1
Herring Gull – 4
Great Black-backed Gull – 3
Forster’s Tern – 1
Tree Swallow – 3
Barn Swallow – 2
SPECIES: 13
INDIVIDUALS: 90


04/14/12 – 1010am-1045am
Smith Island Cruise, Somerset Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 64-67 degrees, SW 7K- SW 8K
OBSERVERS: 42

Red-throated Loon – 1 (returned trip)
Common Loon – 4
Northern Gannet – 6
Double-crested Cormorant – 16 (flocks of 7, 3 & 6 headed N)
Brown Pelican – 3
Laughing Gull – 1
Ring-billed Gull – 1
Herring Gull – 4
Great Black-backed Gull – 1
SPECIES: 9
INDIVIDUALS: 37


04/14/12 – 1045am-1050am
Martin NWR, Somerset Co., MD (jetty wall on left w/ sandy and marshy
island as we were about to arrive to smith island)

WEATHER: Fair 68 degrees SW 7K
OBSERVERS: 42

Gadwall – 4
American Wigeon – 2 (flew with Black Ducks, seen by few)
American Black Duck – 6
Red-breasted Merganser – 4 (returned trip)
Double-crested Cormorant – 2
Brown Pelican – 12
Great Blue Heron – 1
Great Egret – 1
Glossy Ibis – 1
Osprey – 4
American Oystercatcher – 2 (second on returned trip)
Sanderling – 4
Purple Sandpiper – 3
Laughing Gull – 2
Ring-billed Gull – 1
Herring Gull – 21
Great Black-backed Gull – 12
Forster’s Tern – 3
Royal Tern – 5 (returned trip)
Barn Swallow – 1
Red-winged Blackbird – 2
Boat-tailed Grackle – 1
SPECIES: 22
INDIVIDUALS: 94


04/14/12 – 1050am-2pm
Smith Island, Smith Island Rd, Ewell, Somerset Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 68-73 degrees, SW 8 mph- SW 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 42

Canada Goose – 1
American Black Duck – 6
Mallard – 2
Bufflehead – 2 (harbor area)
Common Loon – 1
Brown Pelican – 1
Double-crested Cormorant – 12
Great Blue Heron – 8
Great Egret – 5
Snowy Egret – 1 (seen by a few)
Little Blue Heron – 3
Tricolored Heron – 2
Black-crowned Night Heron – 1
Yellow-crowned Night Heron – 2
Glossy Ibis – 6
Turkey Vulture – 1
Osprey – 8
Bald Eagle – 1
Northern Harrier – 1
Peregrine Falcon – 1
Clapper Rail – 3
American Oystercatcher – 1
Willet – 5
Wilson’s Snipe – 4
Bonaparte’s Gull – 2
Laughing Gull – 10
Ring-billed Gull – 2
Herring Gull – 28
Great Black-backed Gull – 3
Forster’s Tern – 14
Rock Pigeon – 3
Chimney Swift – 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird – 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker – 2
Fish Crow – 6
Purple Martin – 2
Barn Swallow – 22
Carolina Chickadee – 1
Carolina Wren – 1
House Wren – 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 2
American Robin – 2
Northern Mockingbird – 2
Brown Thrasher – 1
European Starling – 12
Palm Warbler – 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler – 1
Eastern Towhee – 2
Savannah Sparrow – 1
Seaside Sparrow – 6
Song Sparrow – 2
White-throated Sparrow – 1
Northern Cardinal – 5
Red-winged Blackbird – 37
Common Grackle – 2
Boat-tailed Grackle – 6
Brown-headed Cowbird – 2
House Finch – 5
House Sparrow – 8
SPECIES: 60
INDIVIDUALS: 277



     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD
     

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