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Annual Bird Sightings in Maryland

2006

Updated Through 2 June 2006
Current Count: 301 (71.0%) + 2 Possible New Species



This is a composite list of Maryland species sightings for the year by all of the Birders of the State of Maryland. Possible new species for the state follow the main listings. To submit new species for the year, send e-mail to the MOS Web Site Director or post to the MDOsprey Discussion List


2006 Maryland Annual Bird Sightings
Species Code Date Seen Person Reporting Locale County
   Ducks, Geese, & Swans
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2        
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 2        
Greater White-fronted Goose 0 13-Jan DTerry  Carroll Rd. Baltimore
Snow Goose 0 1-Jan DPoet  Rt. 309 Ponds Queen Anne's
Ross's Goose 4E 21-Jan DPoet  Rt. 302 Queen Anne's
Brant 0 1-Jan JBrighton  West Ocean City Worcester
Canada Goose 0 1-Jan D/DWebb  Webster Harford
Cackling Goose 0 1-Jan DPoet  Queenstown Queen Anne's
Mute Swan 0 1-Jan DPoet  Grasonville Queen Anne's
Trumpeter Swan -- X Xp        
Tundra Swan 0 1-Jan JShenot Jug Bay Prince Georges
Wood Duck 0 1-Jan ARipley  SE Calvert Calvert
Gadwall 0 1-Jan KGraff Loch Raven Baltimore
Eurasian Wigeon 0 2-Jan KJenkins  Loch Raven Baltimore
American Wigeon 0 1-Jan KGraff Loch Raven Baltimore
American Black Duck 0 1-Jan JShenot Jug Bay Prince Georges
Mallard 0 1-Jan JShenot Jug Bay Prince Georges
Blue-winged Teal 0 22-Jan HArmistead  Elliot Island Dorchester
Cinnamon Teal 2        
Northern Shoveler 0 1-Jan JBrighton  Berlin Sewage Ponds Worcester
Northern Pintail 0 1-Jan JShenot Jug Bay Prince Georges
Green-winged Teal 0 1-Jan JBrighton  Berlin Sewage Ponds Worcester
Canvasback 0 1-Jan JBrighton  W Ocean City Pond Worcester
Redhead 0 1-Jan KGraff Loch Raven Baltimore
Ring-necked Duck 0 1-Jan KGraff Loch Raven Baltimore
Tufted Duck 2        
Greater Scaup 0 2-Jan SArnold  near Sandy Point State Park Anne Arundel
Lesser Scaup 0 1-Jan MBurchett  Creswell Harford
King Eider 4B 12-Jan DEberly  OC Inlet Worcester
Common Eider 4B 1-Jan JBrighton  OC Inlet Worcester
Harlequin Duck 4B 2-Jan Lwilley Cambridge Yacht Club Dorchester
Surf Scoter 0 1-Jan JBrighton  OC Inlet Worcester
White-winged Scoter 0 15-Jan RHilton  Cambridge Dorchester
Black Scoter 0 1-Jan JBrighton  OC Inlet Worcester
Long-tailed Duck 0 1-Jan JKostenko/TBell  Sandgates St. Mary's
Bufflehead 0 1-Jan JKostenko/TBell  Sandgates St. Mary's
Common Goldeneye 0 1-Jan DPoet  Grasonville Queen Anne's
Barrow's Goldeneye 2        
Hooded Merganser 0 1-Jan KGraff Loch Raven Baltimore
Common Merganser 0 1-Jan JShenot Jug Bay Prince Georges
Red-breasted Merganser 0 1-Jan JBrighton  West Ocean City Worcester
Masked Duck 2        
Ruddy Duck 0 1-Jan SHamilton S Calvert Calvert
   Pheasant, Gouse, & Quail
Ring-necked Pheasant 0 4-Jan MHafner, BHubick, et.al Bestpitch Rd Dorchester
Ruffed Grouse 0 31-Mar NBlizzard  Deep Creek Lake Garrett
Greater Prairie-Chicken -- X Xp        
Wild Turkey 0 2-Jan MBalestri  Lilypons Frederick
Northern Bobwhite 0 7-Jan HArmistead  Ferry Neck Talbot
   Loons & Grebes
Red-throated Loon 0 1-Jan JBrighton  OC Inlet Worcester
Pacific Loon 3        
Common Loon 0 1-Jan JBrighton  OC Inlet Worcester
Pied-billed Grebe 0 1-Jan JShenot Jug Bay Prince Georges
Horned Grebe 0 1-Jan JBrighton  Assateague Island Bayside Worcester
Red-necked Grebe 0 14-Jan KGraff OC Inlet Worcester
Eared Grebe 0 20-Feb BHoffman,BRingler,DTerry OC Convention Center Worcester
Western Grebe 2        
   Oceanic Species
Yellow-nosed Albatross 2        
Northern Fulmar 4A        
Black-capped Petrel 2        
Cory's Shearwater 4A        
Greater Shearwater 4A        
Sooty Shearwater 4A        
Manx Shearwater 4A        
Audubon's Shearwater 4A        
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 4B        
White-faced Storm-Petrel 2        
Leach's Storm-Petrel 4A        
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 2        
Northern Gannet 4B 1-Jan JBrighton  OC Inlet Worcester
   Pelicans
American White Pelican 0 4-Jan Lwilley Blackwater NWR Dorchester
Brown Pelican 4B 1-Jan ARipley  SE Calvert Calvert
   Cormorants, Anhinga, and Frigatebird
Double-crested Cormorant 0 2-Jan SArnold  Westinghouse Bay Anne Arundel
Great Cormorant 4C 2-Jan SArnold  near Sandy Point State Park Anne Arundel
Anhinga 2 18-Apr LSchindler, et al Lilypons Frederick
Magnificent Frigatebird 2        
   Bitterns, Herons, & Egrets
American Bittern 0 2-Jan GMackiernan S of Lilypons Rd. Frederick
Least Bittern 0 8-Apr DCzaplak  Hughes Hollow Montgomery
Great Blue Heron 0 1-Jan DPoet  Rolling Bridge Rd Queen Anne's
Great Egret 0 7-Jan HArmistead  Elliot Island Dorchester
Snowy Egret 0 19-Mar LStarr/JTurner  Deal Island Somerset
Little Blue Heron 0 1-Jan GScarpula  Hart-Miller Island Baltimore
Tricolored Heron 4D 18-Feb KJenkins  Deal Island Somerset
Reddish Egret 2        
Cattle Egret 0 3-Apr JWilson  Easton Talbot
Green Heron 0 12-Apr RSussman  Centennial Lake Howard
Black-crowned Night-Heron 0 7-Jan D/CBroderick  Deal Island Somerset
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 0 25-Mar TStock  Sligo Creek Montgomery
   Ibis & Spoonbill
White Ibis 0        
Glossy Ibis 0 31-Mar JHubbell  Deal Island Somerset
White-faced Ibis 2 20-May MHoffman  South Point Worcester
Roseate Spoonbill 2        
   Stork & Vultures
Wood Stork 2        
Black Vulture 0 1-Jan MBurchett  White Marsh Baltimore
Turkey Vulture 0 1-Jan KGraff Loch Raven Baltimore
Greater Flamingo 2        
   Kites & Hawks
Osprey 0 20-Jan DKidwell/POsenton  Rt. 13 Somerset
Swallow-tailed Kite 0 24-Apr SRicciardi, et al Fort Smallwood Park Hawkwatch Anne Arundel
Mississippi Kite 0        
Bald Eagle 0 1-Jan DPoet  Centreville Queen Anne's
Northern Harrier 0 1-Jan MBurchett  Creswell Harford
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1-Jan KGraff Loch Raven Baltimore
Cooper's Hawk 0 1-Jan ARipley  SE Calvert Calvert
Northern Goshawk 0 11-Feb KGraff Middletown Frederick
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1-Jan JShenot Jug Bay Prince Georges
Broad-winged Hawk 0 31-Mar SSanford  Henryton Rd Howard
Swainson's Hawk 2        
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1-Jan DWebb  Churchville Harford
Rough-legged Hawk 0 2-Jan BHubick  Leitchs Rd X Stoakley Rd Calvert
Golden Eagle 0 6-Jan ZBaer  Blackwater NWR Dorchester
   Falcons
American Kestrel 0 1-Jan DWebb  Level Harford
Merlin 0 3-Jan JMartin  Dundalk CCBC Baltimore
Gyrfalcon 2        
Peregrine Falcon 0 1-Jan ARipley  SE Calvert Calvert
   Rails, Coots, & Moorhens
Yellow Rail 2        
Black Rail 4C 20-Apr LDavidson,HWierenga  Elliot Island Dorchester
Corn Crake 2        
Clapper Rail 4B 12-Jan JGreen  Elliot Island Dorchester
King Rail 0 13-May FFallon  Lower Patuxent Prince Georges
Virginia Rail 0 7-Jan D/CBroderick  Deal Island Somerset
Sora 0 2-Jan MBalestri  Lilypons Frederick
Purple Gallinule 2        
Common Moorhen 0 31-Mar MHafner  Hughes Hollow Montgomery
American Coot 0 1-Jan KGraff Loch Raven Baltimore
   Limpkin & Crane
Limpkin 2        
Sandhill Crane 0        
   Plovers
Black-bellied Plover 0 23-Apr WEllison Walnut Tree Rd Kent
American Golden-Plover 0        
Wilson's Plover 2        
Semipalmated Plover 0 23-Apr LRoslund  Pickering Creek Talbot
Piping Plover 4B 6-May N/FSaunders Assateague Island ORV Zone Worcester
Killdeer 0 1-Jan JShenot Jug Bay Prince Georges
American Oystercatcher 4B 1-Jan JBrighton  OC Inlet Worcester
Black-necked Stilt 4C 20-Apr LDavidson,HWierenga  Elliot Island Dorchester
American Avocet 0        
   Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs 0 5-Jan MBurchett  Blackwater NWR Dorchester
Lesser Yellowlegs 0 5-Jan MBurchett  Blackwater NWR Dorchester
Solitary Sandpiper 0 9-Apr LSpears  Rt. 309 Ponds Queen Anne's
Willet 0 8-Apr PBystrak, et al Irish Grove Sanctuary Somerset
Spotted Sandpiper 0 10-Apr FShaffer  Schoolhouse Pond Prince Georges
Upland Sandpiper 0 22-Apr ---- White Hall Baltimore
Eskimo Curlew 2        
Whimbrel 4D 6-May N/FSaunders Assateague Island ORV Zone Worcester
Long-billed Curlew 3        
Hudsonian Godwit 4D        
Marbled Godwit 4D        
Ruddy Turnstone 0 1-Jan JBrighton  OC Inlet Worcester
Red Knot 0 26-May BSchreitz  Assateague Island Worcester
Sanderling 0 1-Jan ARipley  SE Calvert Calvert
Semipalmated Sandpiper 0 29-Apr GScarpula, MWatson  Hart-Miller Island Baltimore
Western Sandpiper 0 5-Jan MBurchett  Skimmer Island Worcester
Red-necked Stint 2        
Little Stint 2        
Least Sandpiper 0 1-Jan MHafner, et. al Swan Harbor Harford
White-rumped Sandpiper 0 15-May WEllison Chesapeake Farms Kent
Baird's Sandpiper 0        
Pectoral Sandpiper 0 27-Mar LRoslund  Pickering Creek Talbot
Purple Sandpiper 4C 1-Jan JBrighton  OC Inlet Worcester
Dunlin 0 1-Jan JBrighton  West Ocean City Worcester
Curlew Sandpiper 2        
Stilt Sandpiper 0 17-Apr LRoslund  Pickering Creek Talbot
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0        
Ruff 5C 29-Jan SDavies Griffith Neck Rd Dorchester
Short-billed Dowitcher 0 17-Apr LRoslund  Pickering Creek Talbot
Long-billed Dowitcher 0 4-Feb MHafner, BHubick, et.al Griffith Neck Rd Dorchester
Wilson's Snipe 0 1-Jan JShenot Jug Bay Prince Georges
American Woodcock 0 8-Jan DPowell  south of Vienna Dorchester
Wilson's Phalarope 0 23-May MLutmerding  PPG Ponds Allegheny
Red-necked Phalarope 0 22-May DPowell  Chesapeake Farms Kent
Red Phalarope 4D        
   Skuas, Gulls, & Terns
Great Skua 2        
South Polar Skua 2        
Pomarine Jaeger 4B        
Parasitic Jaeger 4B        
Long-tailed Jaeger 2        
Laughing Gull 4D 6-Jan KGraff Rt. 50 Queen Anne's
Franklin's Gull 4E        
Little Gull 4C 29-Mar GMackiernan Back River Baltimore
Black-headed Gull 4C 11-Mar FShaffer  Sandy Point State Park Anne Arundel
Bonaparte's Gull 0 1-Jan ARipley  SE Calvert Calvert
Black-tailed Gull 2        
Mew Gull 2        
Ring-billed Gull 0 1-Jan JKostenko/TBell  Sandgates St. Mary's
California Gull 2 8-Jan unknown Potomac River at Hunting Creek Prince Georges
Herring Gull 0 1-Jan JKostenko/TBell  Sandgates St. Mary's
Yellow-legged Gull 2        
Thayer's Gull 4D        
Iceland Gull 4D 6-Jan BRingler/KGraff  Beulah Landfill Dorchester
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4D 2-Jan BHubick, JBrighton  North Beach Calvert
Glaucous Gull 4D 6-Jan BRingler/K