12/29/09

Savannah Sparrow


A number of Savannah Sparrows were also in the flock of birds on Sparks road .

Danny Poet

Horned Lark


One of the Horned Larks on Sparks Road near Ridgely Maryland

LAPLAND LONGSPUR


On Dec 24 , 2009 I went out to the still snow Covered Fields on Sparks road near Ridgely Maryland where there were many Horned Larks feeding on a pile of corn spilled by the farmer on the road in among them there were six Lapland Longspurs this is a photo of one

Danny poet

12/28/09

Caroline County Christmas Count December 19, 2009

Well, it was certainly a snowy one! [16 inches??] When you consider the weather I think we had an excellent count. It's better than 8 of our past counts. The 47 they got on the first one is what I wanted to beat, but in the first couple of hours I didn't think we'd ever get that many. This was our 60th count and it's never been postponed. I'd love to hear what Roberta Fletcher would have had to say about this count. Thanks to all who participated in the count!
Happy holidays, Steve


Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 69
Snow Goose 75
Canada Goose 263
Tundra Swan 7
Mallard 134
Ring-necked Duck 30
Bufflehead 4
Hooded Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 4
Bald Eagle, ad 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Am. Kestrel 2
Am. Coot 1
Killdeer 5
Common Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 40
Rock Dove 3
Mourning Dove 21
Great Horned Owl 1
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Wdpecker 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 16
Horned Lark 209
Carolina Chickadee 17
Tufted Titmouse 15
White-b Nuthatch 6
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-cr Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 18
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 288
N. Mockingbird 7
Brown Thrasher 1
Euro Starling 137
Cedar Waxwing 60
Cardinal 42
Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 13
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 50
White-th Sparrow 309
Dark-eyed Junco 266
Red-winged Blackbird 92
Common Grackle 46
Br-headed Cowbird 50
House Sparrow 25
House Finch 11
Am. Goldfinch 9
Lapland Longspur 1

12/6/09

IVORY GULL CAPE MAY N.J.


A few members of the Talbot County Bird Club and Myself went to Cape May N.J. on Fri Dec 4 , 2009 to look for the very Rare Ivory Gull recently reported there . We met with success see attached photo

12/3/09

Surf Scoter in Caroline - a first for the county!

Thursday December 3rd. Eight Thirty a.m.
Steve Westre and Mike Framptom-Price report sighting a Surf Scoter on the Choptank River in front of the house of Mike and Mary Framptom-Price. Took a couple of not very good digi-scope shots, just good enough we think to confirm bird's identity.

11/29/09

Caroline's Christmas Bird Count December 19

Christmas Bird Count is coming up. Contact Steve Westre if you can help.

10/14/09

Camp Todd Girl Scout Camp working on a bird list

MOS members - we need your help!

Bob Foote is Camp Ranger of this enchanting Girl Scout Camp in Caroline County. He is working with some volunteers to update his trail guides. He wants to include birds likely to be seen on certain trails along with trees and other plants and wildlife.

We've got some good tree/plant folks helping out including Dave Reinecke and Sylvan Kaufman. We can create a cursory list of basic birds that can be seen in various areas of the camp. For a detailed seasonal list, it would help to get folks in there to bird and send in their lists with dates and location.

Bob invites MOS members to visit the camp to hike and bird. He just asks that you contact him ahead of time either by phone 281-844-6854 or email BobFoote1@aol.com.

Click HERE to get a copy of Camp Todd's map and a checklist you might wish to use.

Please send Debby Bennett a copy of your bird lists @ firefly5845@hotmail.com. With as many lists as we can get throughout the year, we will be able to create a nice bird list for Camp Todd.

Location of the camp: 25012 Beauchamp Branch Road, Denton, MD 21629

6/14/09

2009 May Bird Count for Caroline County

Canada Goose

121

Wood Duck

39

American Black Duck

4

Mallard

88

Wild Turkey

51

Northern Bobwhite

10

Double-crested Cormorant

50

Great Blue Heron

44

Great Egret

2

Snowy Egret

3

Cattle Egret

10

Green Heron

8

Glossy Ibis

2

Black Vulture

34

Turkey Vulture

175

Osprey

36

Bald Eagle

14

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2

Cooper’s Hawk

2

Red-tailed Hawk

13

American Kestrel

3

Virginia Rail

1

Black-bellied Plover

26

Semipalmated Plover

2

Killdeer

81

Spotted Sandpiper

18

Solitary Sandpiper

8

Greater Yellowlegs

21

Lesser Yellowlegs

16

Least Sandpiper

22

Wilson’s Snipe

5

American Woodcock

2

Laughing Gull

678

Bonaparte’s Gull

2

Ring-billed Gull

26

Herring Gull

12

Least Tern

3

Common Tern

4

Forster’s Tern

4

Rock Pigeon

105

Mourning Dove

134

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

4

Black-billed Cuckoo

1

Eastern Screech Owl

3

Great Horned Owl

4

Barred Owl

7

Common Nighthawk

2

Chuck-will's-widow

1

Whip-poor-will

3

Chimney Swift

446

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

17

Belted Kingfisher

5

Red-bellied Woodpecker

36

Downy Woodpecker

19

Hairy Woodpecker

4

Northern Flicker

12

Pileated Woodpecker

18

Eastern Wood-Pewee

48

Acadian Flycatcher

9

Least Flycatcher

1

Eastern Phoebe

16

Great-crested Flycatcher

88

Eastern Kingbird

29

White-eyed Vireo

23

Warbling Vireo

1

Red-eyed Vireo

40

Blue Jay

73

American Crow

173

Fish Crow

18

Horned Lark

212

Purple Martin

149

Tree Swallow

68

N. Rough-winged Swallow

19

Barn Swallow

165

Carolina Chickadee

47

Tufted Titmouse

68

White-breasted Nuthatch

7

Carolina Wren

75

House Wren

17

Marsh Wren

2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

7

Eastern Bluebird

102

Hermit Thrush

5

Wood Thrush

23

American Robin

383

Gray Catbird

38

Northern Mockingbird

93

Brown Thrasher

31

European Starling

718

Cedar Waxwing

53

Northern Parula

4

Yellow Warbler

5

Chestnut-sided Warbler

1

Black-throated Blue Warbler

5

Yellow-rumped Warbler

9

Pine Warbler

13

Prairie Warbler

5

Palm Warbler

1

Blackpoll Warbler

1

Black-and-white Warbler

8

American Redstart

4

Prothonotary Warbler

10

Worm-eating Warbler

4

Ovenbird

46

Louisiana Waterthrush

2

Kentucky Warbler

3

Common Yellowthroat

39

Yellow-breasted Chat

15

Summer Tanager

14

Scarlet Tanager

3

Eastern Towhee

23

Chipping Sparrow

126

Field Sparrow

36

Vesper Sparrow

6

Savannah Sparrow

2

Grasshopper Sparrow

11

Song Sparrow

19

White-throated Sparrow

6

Northern Cardinal

150

Blue Grosbeak

38

Indigo Bunting

112

Bobolink

33

Red-winged Blackbird

582

Eastern Meadowlark

2

Common Grackle

460

Brown-headed Cowbird

136

Orchard Oriole

38

Baltimore Oriole

34

House Finch

41

American Goldfinch

101

House Sparrow

199

Total Individuals

132

Species Total

7612

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