Hi all,


11/17/07 - 915am-945am
Waterfowl Viewing Area, Oakley St., Cambridge,
Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/MC, 44 degrees, SW 9 mph
LEADER: Kevin Graff
OBSERVERS: 8

Canada Goose - 13
American Wigeon - 4
Mallard - 8
Greater Scaup - 1 (w/ Lesser)
Lesser Scaup - 11
Surf Scoter - 43
Long-tailed Duck - 2
Bufflehead - 11
Ruddy Duck - 3
Common Loon - 1 (at county line)
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Turkey Vulture - 2
Laughing Gull - 19
Ring-billed Gull - 39
Herring Gull - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 26
Blue Jay - 1
European Starling - 9
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 200

11/17/07 - 10am-1020am
Along Egypt Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 44-45 degrees, SW 9 mph- SSW 8 mph
Same group

Canada Goose - 7
Great Blue Heron - 2
Turkey Vulture - 3
Bald Eagle - 3
Northern Harrier - 3
American Kestrel - 3
Killdeer - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 4
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 30
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 5
Savannah Sparrow - 1 (probably, quick flyby)
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 42
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 113

11/17/07 - 1030am-3pm
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Key Wallace Dr.,
Church Creek, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 45-46 degrees, SSW 8 mph- SSE 8 mph 
Same group

Snow Goose - 3
Canada Goose - 1216 (record low)
Mute Swan - 4 (Maple Dam Rd) 
Tundra Swan - 41
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 76
Northern Shoveler - 4
Northern Pintail - 31
Great Blue Heron - 11
Great Egret - 1
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 13
Bald Eagle - 7
Northern Harrier - 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 2
Killdeer - 72 (46 at Rt. 335 bridge)
AMERICAN AVOCET - 1 (Key Wallace Dr Flats)
Greater Yellowlegs - 3 (2 Rt 335 and 1 at Flats)
Laughing Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 65
Forster's Tern - 12
Mourning Dove - 4
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 5
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 85
Carolina Chickadee - 9
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 4
Brown Creeper - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 5
Hermit Thrush - 4
American Robin - 63
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 60
Cedar Waxwing - 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 30
Pine Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 4
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 78
Northern Meadowlark - 14 (near end of Wildlife Drive) 
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
Purple Finch - 3
PINE SISKIN - 5 (4 near Marsh Edge Tr & 1 at feeders)
American Goldfinch - 25
House Sparrow - 1 (at feeders w/ goldfinches)
SPECIES: 61
TOTAL BIRDS: 2030

11/17/07 - 330pm-5pm
Along Cedar Creek Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester CO., MD

WEATHER: MC, 46-40 degrees, S 10 mph- ESE 8 mph 
Same group

Canada Goose - 12
Tundra Swan - 22
American Black Duck - 2  
Mallard - 5
Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 (heard by few)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Bald Eagle - 4 (ad, 1 2nd and 2 3rd)
Northern Harrier - 4
Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (imm light phase)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Short-eared Owl - 1
Great Horned Owl - 1 (heard calling)
Tree Swallow - 550
American Robin - 1
Gray Catbird - 1 (heard by one observer)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Fox Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
SPECIES: 21 (83 species total)
TOTAL BIRDS: 621 (2964 indiv. total)


      Kevin Graff
      Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
      






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