Hi Everyone,
Our complete eBird lists from Black Walnut Point yesterday (28 Aug 2011) are below.
Have fun,
Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
Black Walnut Point, Talbot, US-MD
Aug 28, 2011 7:05 AM - 8:05 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Observers: Ron Gutberlet and Jim Brighton. Sat in the car facing the bay with the windshield wipers on. Strong W winds and light rain (that even stopped at times) as Hurricane Irene continued to move N and out of our area. During this observation period we also saw a distant, dark bird that went unidentified; it was far out over the bay, and our views were poor unfortunately.
8 species
Double-crested Cormorant 96
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 6
Laughing Gull 7
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Black Tern 1 flying south at 7:55 am; small tern seen well; uniformly dark gray upperparts, white underparts, white head with black on crown and behind eye; many reports of this species on the MD coastal plain (and throughout the Delmarva) during Irene but also reports from multiple locations before there was any influence from Irene
Forster's Tern 1
Black Walnut Point, Talbot, US-MD
Aug 28, 2011 8:05 AM - 8:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
8 species
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Osprey 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 7
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Sooty Tern 1 medium-large dark tern moving south down the bay at about 8:15 am; bird was approximately a quarter mile from us, and we saw it well for about 45 seconds to a minute with binoculars (mine are 8x42); we first noticed the long pointed wings and that the bird appeared to be all dark brown to black in color; Jim also noted the deeply forked tail (ruling out a noddy); all plumages of Bridled Tern are ruled out by the dark head and underparts; the dark body and completely dark head also rule out adult Sooty Tern; as the bird moved south, it would dip down to the water and then soar up fairly high above the water for a little while before dipping down again
Common Tern 4
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From: Maryland Birds & Birding [] On Behalf Of Jim Brighton []
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 2:25 PM
To:
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Hurricane Irene Birds -- Black Walnut Pt., Talbot County
Ron Gutberlet and I birded from Ron's car from 7am to 9am at Black
Walnut Pt. Highlights included one juvenile Sooty Tern heading south
and one Black Tern also heading south. Ron will post our complete
list later. Around 11:30am I had a single Black-bellied Plover at
Kingston Landing flying south down the Choptank.
Jim Brighton
Easton, MD
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