Caroline County Bird Club's October 11, 2014 Big Sit! final Count was 51!

Our very first Big Sit! was held October 11, 2014 from 7:30 am - 6:30 pm at the gazebo by the lake at Tuckahoe State Park.  Thanks again to Park Manager John Ohler and his staff for allowing us early and late access to the park and to Dave Reinecke for choosing the location and creating our circle.

Team Information: Caroline Blue Birds

Captain: Debby Bennett  Team:  Steve Westre, Eli Anders, Danny Poet, Dawn Brownlee-Tomasso, Dave Reinecke, Bill Scudder

Location: Tuckahoe State Park, Ridgely, Maryland (United States)

Team Checklist

1. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
2. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
3. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
4. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
5. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
6. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
7. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
8. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
9. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
10. Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
11. gull sp.
12. Barred Owl Strix varia
13. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
14. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
15. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
16. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
17. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
18. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
19. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
20. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
21. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
22. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
23. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
24. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
25. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
26. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
27. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
28. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
29. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
30. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
31. American Robin Turdus migratorius
32. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
33. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
34. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
35. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
36. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
37. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
38. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
39. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
40. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
41. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
42. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
43. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
44. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
45. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
46. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
47. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
48. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
49. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
50. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
51. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis