Hi Folks,

Swan Creek produces once again.  With permission to do a weekend bird
survey, Ed Carlson and I visited early this morning, surprised to find Kembo
Road lined on both sides with parked cars, the result of an all-night rock
concert at Fort Armistead (two of the kids we spoke to had their cars broken
in to).  Of note for this visit were two BLACK-NECKED STILTs in the south
dredge cell, with a number of other shorebirds (ebird list below).  Also of
note was a male Lesser Scaup in the north cell.

Ed returned to Swan Creek this evening, and the stilts were still there in
the north cell.  For those that may want to visit in the morning, the
facility is opened by 7:30 a.m.  Park at the end of the fence on your right
as you enter along Kembo Rd., and sign in at the office (fill out a release
form if this is your first visit).  You can set up your scopes somewhere in
the vicinity of the flagpoles, being sure to stay off the roadway.  The
stilts should be easily viewed by scope from there.  If you have questions
about access, please shoot me an email.

Stan Arnold
Ferndale



Location:     Swan Creek Wetland--Cox Creek DMCF
Observation date:     6/5/11
Notes:     Time: 5:40 - 7:40 a.m.; temp 65, wind from NE at 8-10, cloudy and
spitting rain on occasion.  Ed and I met early in the morning, surprised to
see both curbs of Kembo Road bumper to bumper with parked cars, the result
of an all-night rock concert at Fort Armistead (we talked to two kids who
had their cars broken into).  Ed and I, now with approval to visit on
weekends, hiked in the powerline, through the woods and wetlands, half way
around the dike and then back out through the woods.  Of note were two
BLACK-NECKED STILTs in the south cell, along with several other more common
shorebirds, but unusual for this time of year.  Also, a scaup in the north
cell was unusual.
Number of species:     47

Canada Goose     54
Mute Swan     1
Mallard     30
Lesser Scaup     1
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Great Blue Heron     5
Great Egret     2
Snowy Egret     2
Little Blue Heron     5
Cattle Egret     2
Glossy Ibis     4
Black Vulture     1
Osprey     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Semipalmated Plover     11
Killdeer     2
Black-necked Stilt     2
Semipalmated Sandpiper     4
Least Sandpiper     8
Dunlin     1
Herring Gull     20
Great Black-backed Gull     7
Least Tern     1
Rock Pigeon     4
Mourning Dove     3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
Eastern Kingbird     1
White-eyed Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo     3
American Crow     3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     3
Tree Swallow     5
Barn Swallow     1
Tufted Titmouse     1
Carolina Wren     3
American Robin     1
European Starling     4
Common Yellowthroat     1
Song Sparrow     2
Scarlet Tanager     1
Northern Cardinal     1
Indigo Bunting     7
Common Grackle     7    r
Orchard Oriole     1
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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