On August 1 my dad and I birded around Salisbury Airport. My dad spotted 3
Dickcissels, one immature, along Fooks Road on the fence around the
phragmytes on the airport grounds. I managed to see one fly across the road. Other
birds we saw at the airport and on the way there are listed below.
6 Meadowlarks
12 Grasshopper Sparrows
14 Indigo Buntings
9 Blue Grosbeaks
5 Belted kingfisher
2 Redwing Blackbirds
4 Wood Ducks
1 Coopers Hawk
13 Turkey including 3 young.
6 Boat Tailed Grackles
3 Bobwhite
1 Eastern Wood Pewee
2 Common Yellowthroats
12 Killdeer
20+ Canada Geese
1 Bald Eagle
12+ Black Vultures
50 Turkey Vultures
5 Rock Pigeons
9 Morning Doves
9 Goldfinches
2 Brown Thrashers
1 Pileated Woodpecker
7 Chipping Sparrows
1 Ruby Throated Hummingbird
3 Great Blue Herons
1 Green Heron
12 Cedar Waxwings
On August 2 my dad and I birded at Cambridge airport. We didn't see the
Upland Sandpipers but to are surprise a Golden Eagle flew right over our heads
heading south west at about 7:30 PM. the white patches on the base of the
primaries was visible also the gold feathers on the back of head and neck was
very visible. Unfortunately my camera was back home charging batteries.
Other birds besides the Golden Eagle are listed below
20 Eastern Meadowlarks
5 Horned Larks
25+ Killdeer
15 Grasshopper Sparrows
20 Purple Martins
6 European Starlings
3 Bobwhite
9 Chipping Sparrows
20+ Barn Swallows
6 Indigo Buntings
4 Brown Thrashers
2 Gray Catbirds
5 Northern Mockingbirds
12 Tree Swallows
11 American Goldfinches
7 Brown Headed Cowbirds
On Egypt Rd we heard the Dickcissel but the sun already set and we couldn't
see ware the bird was.
Birding forever
Jennifer Elmer
Pocomoke City MD
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