Howard County Bird Club
A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society
Cape Henlopen
| Trip leader: Russell Kovach Recorder: Kurt Schwarz Photographers: Mary Lou Clark, Guy DiRoma & Kurt Schwarz |
Date of tcrip: Jan 21, 2023 |
| Locations: See below. Queenstown in Maryland, all others in Delaware | Number attending: 10 |
| Composite eBird report by Kurt | |
6648–6664 Ocean Gateway, Queenstown US-MD
Snow Goose 10000
Prime Hook NWR–Fowler Beach Road/Fowler Beach
Snow Goose: 7550
Canada Goose: 5
Tundra Swan: 23
American Black Duck: 14
Northern Pintail: 2
Green-winged Teal: 33
Surf Scoter: 20
Bufflehead: 5
Red-breasted Merganser: 7
Black-bellied Plover: 2
Sanderling: 1
Dunlin: 250
Greater Yellowlegs: 3
Herring Gull: 14
Great Black-backed Gull: 24
Red-throated Loon: 2
Northern Gannet: 6
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue): 2
Northern Harrier: 3
Bald Eagle: 4
Red-tailed Hawk: 1
Short-eared Owl: 1
Belted Kingfisher: 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted): 2
Blue Jay: 7
Tufted Titmouse: 2
Horned Lark: 15
Carolina Wren: 1
Northern Mockingbird: 1
American Goldfinch: 2
Snow Bunting: 20
Song Sparrow: 5
Swamp Sparrow: 2
Eastern Towhee: 1
Red-winged Blackbird: 14
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 13
Milford-8920 Cods Road
Hooded Merganser: 1
Greater Yellowlegs: 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 2
Milford-Cods Road
Snow Goose: 5000
Ross’s Goose: 2
Canada Goose: 1
Red-winged Blackbird
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (1st location)
Cooper’s Hawk: 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 300
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (2nd location)
American Black Duck: 3
Northern Pintail: 5
Sanderling: 28
Northern Harrier
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (3rd location)
Merlin 1
Roosevelt Inlet, Lewes
King Eider: 1
Bufflehead: 6
Red-breasted Merganser: 1
Sanderling: 14
Ring-billed Gull: 38
Herring Gull: 105
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 4
Great Black-backed Gull: 12
Forster’s Tern: 1
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Cape Henlopen State Park – Herring Point
Brant: 2
Surf Scoter: 116
Horned Grebe: 1
Forster’s Tern: 5
Red-throated Loon: 3
Common Loon: 1
Northern Gannet: 32
Great Cormorant: 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1
Lark Sparrow: 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored): 22
Song Sparrow 2
Cape Henlopen State Park – Nature Center area
Mourning Dove: 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1
Carolina Chickadee: 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 4
White-breasted Nuthatch: 1
Carolina Wren: 1
House Finch: 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored): 6
White-throated Sparrow: 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Silver Lake, Rehoboth
Canada Goose: 32
Mallard: 4
American Black Duck: 22
Canvasback: 325
Hooded Merganser: 10
Ring-billed Gull: 4
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue): 3
White-throated Sparrow: 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle): 1
Indian River Inlet
Surf Scoter 26
Black Scoter 32
Long-tailed Duck 35
Bufflehead 62
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Horned Grebe 2
Ruddy Turnstone 6
Purple Sandpiper 1
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Herring Gull 123
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Forster’s Tern 2
Red-throated Loon 6
Common Loon 8
Northern Gannet 1