Ocean City Inlet, Jan 17, 2017

[Joe Hanfman]

The highlights at the Ocean City Inlet this morning were 13 Common Eiders, 28 Red-throated Loons, a few Northern Gannets and a Great Cormorant.

We watched a Peregrine Falcon fly from the top of the roller coaster and catch a Horned Grebe in the inlet. The full list is below.

Ocean City Inlet, Worcester, Maryland, US
Jan 17, 2017 8:59 AM - 9:58 AM
Protocol: Stationary
21 species

Brant (Atlantic)  4
Common Eider  13
Surf Scoter  20
Black Scoter  30
Long-tailed Duck  20
Bufflehead  28
Red-breasted Merganser  24
Red-throated Loon  28
Common Loon  14
Horned Grebe  1
Northern Gannet  3
Great Cormorant  1
Ruddy Turnstone  1
Purple Sandpiper  3
Ring-billed Gull  100
Herring Gull (American)  50
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  50
Peregrine Falcon  1     Caught a Horned Grebe in the inlet.
European Starling  30
House Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33742325

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

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Joe Hanfman

Columbia, MD