Howdy all:
Today was cold and windy but beautiful. The best part was a flock of ten Siskins that came to our feeders and stayed for half an hour (8-8:30 am)! Interestingly, either two additional ones came by after the flock left, or else two remained here - they fed here all day long, mostly on thistle but occasionally on sunflower chips. I have not seen one here since Oct 19! Nothing else unusual, but many species were around, and generally in good numbers. Much of Jug Bay was frozen. I birded around the property on and off throughout the day and got 53 species here, and added two when I took a short walk off the property with the kids to PAtuxent River Park. I would guesss total time birdwatching was about 3.5 - 4 hours. Numbers listed are most seen at one time.
Cheers!
Canada Goose 450
American Black Duck 340
Mallard 130
Northern Pintail 14
Green Winged Teal 3
Common Merganser 13
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 8
Ring-billed Gull 330
Herring Gull 28
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 12
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 230
Fish Crow 22
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 4
Eastern Bluebird 13
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 45
Cedar Waxwing 16
Eastern Towhee 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 21
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 31
Northern Cardinal 11
Red-winged Blackbird 155
Rusty Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 170
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 12
Pine Siskin 10
American Goldfinch 14
House Sparrow 2
The two additional species were Field Sparrow (2) and Fox Sparrow (1).
Good birding to all in 2009!
Jeff Shenot
Croom MD |