Swan Creek 7/21/2016

[Tim Carney]

Highlights from yesterday's census included one Black-bellied Plover and one Western Sandpiper in the north cell; one Cattle Egret offshore; and an influx of Laughing Gulls in the general area.

A large flock of peeps was feeding in the south cell, but dispersed suddenly and did not return. Attacks by a Peregrine Falcon and two Cooper's Hawks might have had something to do with it.

Full eBird list below.

Tim Carney
Nottingham, MD

Swan Creek Wetland--Cox Creek DMCF, Anne Arundel, Maryland, US
Jul 21, 2016 7:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: *** NOTE: Swan Creek/Cox Creek is an active industrial site and mitigation project in northern Anne Arundel Co. Access is at the end of Kembo Road off Fort Smallwood Road near 695. The site is open ONLY Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Please be in your car and leaving at 3:30 p.m. Remember to always sign in at the office, to be on your best behavior (people have worked hard to coordinate this access), and to stick to permitted areas. This Swan Creek map linked here details where you are and aren't allowed to walk. http://www.billhubick.com/docs/swan_creek_map.jpg. ***

Partly cloudy, 73-88°F, calm-8 mph variable directions


66 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 112
Wood Duck 2
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 332
Ruddy Duck 5
Double-crested Cormorant 113
Great Blue Heron 12
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 3
Little Blue Heron 2
Cattle Egret 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 5
Cooper's Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Killdeer 25
Spotted Sandpiper 16
Lesser Yellowlegs 14
Least Sandpiper 13
Semipalmated Sandpiper 67
Western Sandpiper 1
peep sp. 1479
Laughing Gull 63
Ring-billed Gull 13
Herring Gull 21
Common Tern 4
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16
Bank Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 14
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 7
Marsh Wren 3
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 203
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 11
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 18
Blue Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 19
Red-winged Blackbird 37
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 7

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30792523

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)