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  1. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Green
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  2. Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  3. Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Vienna
  4. Ross's Goose Anser rossii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael O'Brien
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  5. Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  6. Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Blackwater NWR
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Pools 1 and 2
  7. Brant Branta bernicla
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  8. Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Cambridge
  9. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  10. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kenneth Weaver
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  11. Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Benjamin DeHaven
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  12. Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Elliott Island Rd.--Moorhen Pond
  13. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  14. Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  15. Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Czaplak
    Location: MD-DORC Egypt/ Key Wallace
  16. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  17. Gadwall Mareca strepera
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  18. Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  19. American Wigeon Mareca americana
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  20. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  21. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  22. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  23. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 250
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  24. Canvasback Aythya valisineria
    # Count: 75
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  25. Redhead Aythya americana
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  26. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  27. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: George Jett
    Location: Cambridge--Oakley Street - Belvedere Ave.
  28. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  29. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  30. King Eider Somateria spectabilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: James Island
  31. Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Elliott Island Rd--Fishing Point
  32. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Bono
    Location: Cambridge Waterfront--Choptank River
  33. White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Bono
    Location: Cambridge Waterfront--Choptank River
  34. Black Scoter Melanitta americana
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Bono
    Location: Cambridge Waterfront--Choptank River
  35. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Choptank River Bridge (Dorchester - historical)
  36. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  37. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  38. Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Hubick
    Location: Cambridge Waterfront--Choptank River
  39. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  40. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  41. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Tar Bay
  42. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  43. Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  44. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Lee Western
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  45. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Pulcinella
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  46. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  47. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  48. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Val Kitchens
    Location: Middle Hooper's Island
  49. Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Czaplak
    Location: Great Marsh Park (Gerry Boyle Park)
  50. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  51. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Upper Hooper's Island
  52. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Dailsville
  53. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  54. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  55. Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: J.B. Churchill
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  56. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Ralph W Jackson Farm (Dorchester)
  57. Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Simonson
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  58. Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Ralph W Jackson Farm (Dorchester)
  59. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  60. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  61. Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Cambridge--Whitehall Rd
  62. King Rail Rallus elegans
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  63. Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  64. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Arkansas Miscellaneous Records
    Location: Bucktown
  65. Sora Porzana carolina
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Brooke Meanley Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  66. Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  67. American Coot Fulica americana
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  68. Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater--8 mi south of Cambridge
  69. Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
    # Count: 2
  70. Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Roger Burrows
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  71. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  72. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  73. American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Bloodsworth Island
  74. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Stonick
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  75. American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  76. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  77. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Stonick
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  78. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gavin Nupp
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  79. Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  80. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  81. Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  82. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  83. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh McGuinness
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  84. Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  85. American Woodcock Scolopax minor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  86. Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  87. Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael O'Brien
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  88. Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Collins
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  89. Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  90. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  91. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Joe Hanfman
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  92. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Bowen
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  93. Willet Tringa semipalmata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Louis and Christine Warren
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  94. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  95. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Barren Island
  96. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Historical Data
    Location: Choptank River below Cambridge
  97. Ruff Calidris pugnax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  98. Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Barren Island
  99. Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Stasz
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  100. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tim Smart
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Golden Hill Rd. bridge
  101. Dunlin Calidris alpina
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  102. Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Bowen
    Location: Upper Hooper's Island
  103. Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  104. White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Joe Hanfman
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  105. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  106. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Bono
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  107. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  108. Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  109. Dovekie Alle alle
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Cambridge
  110. Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Brighton
    Location: Dorchester Co. as viewed from Choptank Marina
  111. Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R. Dale Twining (1921-2014) Birding Records Project Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  112. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  113. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin
  114. Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sam Dyke (Admin R. Ostrowski)
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Little Blackwater River Crossing
  115. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  116. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Cambridge Municipal Yacht Basin
  117. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  118. Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mary Ann Todd
    Location: DORC Cambridge--Glaucous Gull Wharf
  119. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mary Ann Todd
    Location: Cambridge--Hambrooks Bay
  120. Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Mack
    Location: Hooper's Island--Cat Cove
  121. Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Upper Hooper's Island
  122. Least Tern Sternula antillarum
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  123. Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  124. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: James Island
  125. Black Tern Chlidonias niger
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Holland Island
  126. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Louis and Christine Warren
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  127. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: R. Dale Twining (1921-2014) Birding Records Project Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road between Vienna and Elliott
  128. Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Miles Marshall
    Location: HOOPER'S ISLAND - Tyler's Cove
  129. Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Bloodsworth Island
  130. Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mary Ann Todd
    Location: Cambridge Waterfront--Choptank River
  131. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mark L. Hoffman
    Location: S Dorchester CBC-Lakes Sector
  132. Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Leslie Starr
    Location: Smith Island cruise--Chesapeake Bay (Dorchester, MD)
  133. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Heath
    Location: Hooper's Island Bridge
  134. Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ryan Jack
    Location: Little Blackwater Soft Launch and Water Trail
  135. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Czaplak
    Location: Choptank River--Rte. 50 Bridge (Dorchester Co.) and Cambridge Visitor Center
  136. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Louis and Christine Warren
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  137. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  138. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: J.B. Churchill
    Location: Sand Point
  139. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  140. Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Pulcinella
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  141. Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Bloodsworth Island
  142. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  143. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  144. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  145. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  146. Green Heron Butorides virescens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  147. Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
    # Count: 65
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Hooper Island
  148. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  149. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  150. White Ibis Eudocimus albus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  151. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  152. Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Blackwater NWR
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Pool 3
  153. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Louis and Christine Warren
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  154. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Historic Cal State Los Angeles Bird Collection
    Location: Woods Outside Cambridge, MD
  155. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  156. Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  157. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Byron Swift
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  158. Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Covey Point
  159. Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  160. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  161. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  162. American Goshawk Accipiter atricapillus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Palmer
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  163. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  164. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  165. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  166. Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marcy Stutzman
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  167. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  168. Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  169. Barn Owl Tyto alba
    # Count: 1
  170. Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh McGuinness
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  171. Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  172. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh McGuinness
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  173. Barred Owl Strix varia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  174. Long-eared Owl Asio otus
    # Count: 1
  175. Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Morton Massey
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  176. Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hans Holbrook
    Location: Richardson Rd.
  177. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  178. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Bono
    Location: Cambridge Waterfront--Choptank River
  179. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh McGuinness
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  180. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  181. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  182. Red-cockaded Woodpecker Dryobates borealis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Golden Hill
  183. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kenneth Weaver
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  184. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  185. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  186. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Arthur C. Bent Data
    Location: East New Market
  187. Merlin Falco columbarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Bowen
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  188. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Toby Bradshaw
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Observation Point
  189. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Hooper Island
  190. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  191. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Stasz
    Location: Punch Island Road
  192. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  193. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Joe Hanfman
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  194. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  195. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  196. Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  197. Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  198. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  199. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Blackwater NWR
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Pool 3
  200. Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Little Choptank River near Cornersville
  201. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  202. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Rollfinke
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Visitors Center
  203. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  204. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Ralph W Jackson Farm (Dorchester)
  205. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kenneth Weaver
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  206. Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Hubick
    Location: Taylor's Island
  207. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Ralph W Jackson Farm (Dorchester)
  208. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  209. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  210. Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  211. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  212. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  213. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  214. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  215. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  216. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  217. Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  218. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  219. Purple Martin Progne subis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  220. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  221. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  222. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  223. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  224. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  225. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R. Dale Twining (1921-2014) Birding Records Project Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  226. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  227. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Simonson
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  228. Brown Creeper Certhia americana
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  229. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Transquaking River at wood road bridge (historical)
  230. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  231. Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  232. Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh McGuinness
    Location: Elliott Island Rd.--Cokeland
  233. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  234. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  235. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  236. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  237. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  238. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  239. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  240. Veery Catharus fuscescens
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Joe Hanfman
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  241. Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Anne Tucker
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  242. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Middletown Branch
  243. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Hooper's Island
  244. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  245. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  246. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  247. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  248. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  249. Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
    # Count: 115
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  250. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Allen Chartier
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  251. Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  252. Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Brighton
    Location: Longboat Estates
  253. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  254. White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Brighton
    Location: Taylor's Island
  255. Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Mark L. Hoffman
    Location: S Dorchester CBC-Lakes Sector
  256. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  257. Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Stasz
    Location: Hurlock turf farm
  258. Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  259. Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  260. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Ralph W Jackson Farm (Dorchester)
  261. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  262. Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Stasz
    Location: Chicamacomico River
  263. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  264. Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Stasz
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  265. Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Taylor's Island
  266. American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Bowen
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  267. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Marc Ribaudo
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  268. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  269. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Michael O'Brien
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  270. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Arkansas Miscellaneous Records
    Location: Cambridge
  271. Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Ellwood
  272. LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: jeff effinger
    Location: Egypt Road
  273. Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  274. Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Stasz
    Location: Fishing Bay WMA--Elliott Island
  275. Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  276. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  277. Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Ralph W Jackson Farm (Dorchester)
  278. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  279. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Stasz
    Location: Taylor's Island
  280. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  281. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Ralph W Jackson Farm (Dorchester)
  282. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Ralph W Jackson Farm (Dorchester)
  283. Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  284. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kenneth Weaver
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  285. Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Hubick
    Location: Shiloh Church Turf Farm
  286. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  287. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  288. Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  289. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Stonick
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  290. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 27
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  291. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Futcher
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  292. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  293. Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  294. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  295. Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh McGuinness
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  296. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  297. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  298. Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  299. Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Curry
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  300. Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Taylor's Island
  301. Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warren Strobel
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  302. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  303. Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  304. Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nick Pulcinella
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  305. Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stan Arnold
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  306. Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Pat Moynahan
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  307. Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: George Radcliffe
    Location: 1 WINDEMERE/SPOCOTT
  308. Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Caleb Strand
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  309. Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  310. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  311. Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  312. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
    # Count: 26
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Hooper Island
  313. Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Czaplak
    Location: Taylor's Island
  314. Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  315. Northern Parula Setophaga americana
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  316. Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Hooper Island
  317. Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dave Czaplak
    Location: Taylor's Island
  318. Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Stonick
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  319. Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  320. Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Chicone Road
  321. Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Hugh McGuinness
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  322. Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Stonick
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  323. Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louis and Christine Warren
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  324. Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  325. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  326. Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  327. Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John C. Miller Historic Data
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  328. Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Joe Hanfman
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  329. Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Curry
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  330. Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Curry
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  331. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Stonick
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  332. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Blackwater Marsh--Gum Swamp
  333. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Historic Higgins Mill Pond (Dorchester)
  334. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ed Stonick
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  335. Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Louis and Christine Warren
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  336. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John M Sommer (Graff)
    Location: Higgins Mill Pond at Higgins Mill Pond Road entrance (historical)
  337. Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Vienna
  338. Dickcissel Spiza americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Stasz
    Location: along Bestpitch Ferry Road

Exotic: Provisional (1)

  1. Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Exotic: Escapee (10)

  1. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chuck Parker
    Location: 13, Bucktown, Maryland, US (38.426, -76.054)
  2. Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Les Roslund
    Location: Great Marsh Park (Gerry Boyle Park)
  3. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dean Mahlstedt
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  4. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Cambridge--Oakley Street - Belvedere Ave.
  5. Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: E Jeffrey Stann
    Location: Blackwater NWR
  6. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Ringler
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  7. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Olivier Langrand
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  8. Chukar Alectoris chukar
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Julie Mallon
    Location: 407 Muir St, Cambridge US-MD (38.5683,-76.0765)
  9. Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: R. Dale Twining (1921-2014) Birding Records Project Data
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  10. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: LINDA Roy WALLS
    Location: Galestown Millpond

Hybrids (8)

  1. Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid) Anser caerulescens x rossii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Hubick
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  2. Barnacle x Cackling Goose (hybrid) Branta leucopsis x hutchinsii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Hudson
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  3. Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid) Anser albifrons x Branta canadensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Michael O'Brien
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  4. Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid) Anser caerulescens x Branta canadensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Eaton Ekarintaragun
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  5. Gadwall x American Wigeon (hybrid) Mareca strepera x americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Blackwater NWR
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Pools 1 and 2
  6. American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid) Mareca americana x Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matthew Addicks
    Location: Cambridge Waterfront--Choptank River
  7. Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x rubripes
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Howard Youth
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  8. Canvasback x Redhead (hybrid) Aythya valisineria x americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ray Hennessy
    Location: Great Marsh Park (Gerry Boyle Park)

Additional Taxa (76)

  1. Snow/Ross's Goose Anser caerulescens/rossii
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Hillman
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  2. Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) Anser sp. (Domestic type)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emma Nelson
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Visitors Center
  3. Cackling/Canada Goose Branta hutchinsii/canadensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Whittle
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  4. swan sp. Cygnus sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kenneth Weaver
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  5. goose sp. Anatidae (goose sp.)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Lynda Brothers
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  6. Eurasian/American Wigeon Mareca penelope/americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mikey Lutmerding
    Location: Vienna water-ski pond
  7. Mallard/American Black Duck Anas platyrhynchos/rubripes
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robert Ostrowski
    Location: Egypt Road
  8. teal sp. Anatidae sp. (teal sp.)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Whittle
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  9. dabbling duck sp. Anatidae sp. (dabbling duck sp.)
    # Count: 400
    Date:
    Observer: Jay McGann
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  10. Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya marila/affinis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  11. Aythya sp. Aythya sp.
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Irving E Hampe (Graff)
    Location: Choptank River Bridge (Dorchester - historical)
  12. Surf/Black Scoter Melanitta perspicillata/americana
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Hubick
    Location: Swan Harbor
  13. scoter sp. Melanitta sp.
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mary Gustafson
    Location: Middle Hooper's Island
  14. Common/Red-breasted Merganser Mergus merganser/serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Douthart
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  15. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Hubick
    Location: Nanticoke at Vienna
  16. Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus/erythropthalmus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kenneth Weaver
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  17. King/Clapper Rail Rallus elegans/crepitans
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Stasz
    Location: Fishing Bay WMA--Elliott Island
  18. large rail sp. Rallus sp. (large Rallus sp.)
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Kyle Gardiner
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  19. Rallus sp. Rallus sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Johnson
    Location: 2910–3274 Elliott Island Rd, Vienna US-MD (38.3670,-75.9322)
  20. rail/crake sp. Rallidae sp. (rail/crake sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joel Martin
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  21. Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp. Pluvialis sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Shiloh Church Turf Farm
  22. plover sp. Charadriidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gerry Hawkins
    Location: Shiloh Church Turf Farm
  23. Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: MD Admin (Carney)
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  24. Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes/melanoleuca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dr. James Gibson
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  25. Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris mauri/pusilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Tim Carney
    Location: Beulah Turf Farm
  26. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Byron Swift
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  27. Calidris sp. Calidris sp.
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Ebert
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  28. Scolopacidae sp. Scolopacidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Soares
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  29. large shorebird sp. Scolopacidae sp. (large shorebird sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Hubick
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  30. shorebird sp. Charadriiformes sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gregory Schrott
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  31. Larus sp. Larus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marshall Iliff
    Location: Beulah Landfill (now capped)
  32. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kenneth Weaver
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  33. Forster's/Common Tern Sterna forsteri/hirundo
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Alain Dagenais
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  34. Sterna sp. Sterna sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Gordon Dimmig
    Location: Taylor's Island
  35. large tern sp. Hydroprogne/Thalasseus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ron Gutberlet
    Location: Hurlock WWTP
  36. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Lars Hansen
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  37. loon sp. Gavia sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Maw
    Location: Cambridge Waterfront--Choptank River
  38. Great/Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo/Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Gersten
    Location: Hooper's Island--Cat Cove
  39. heron sp. Ardeidae sp.
    # Count: 26
    Date:
    Observer: George Armistead | Hillstar Nature
    Location: Upper Hooper's Island
  40. white egret sp. Egretta/Bubulcus/Ardea sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Turner
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  41. new world vulture sp. Cathartidae sp.
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Ann Hobbs
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  42. Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk Accipiter striatus/cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Cook
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  43. Accipiter sp. Accipiter sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael O'Brien
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  44. Buteo sp. Buteo sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Turner
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  45. hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Lin Just
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  46. owl sp. Strigiformes sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Tim Cowley
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  47. Downy/Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens/villosus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Fred Hoffman
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  48. woodpecker sp. Picidae sp.
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Joshua Emm
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  49. falcon sp. Falco sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin Ebert
    Location: Taylor's Island: Vista Bella (PRIVATE)
  50. diurnal raptor sp. Accipitriformes/Falconiformes sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Emily Runnells
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  51. Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) Empidonax alnorum/traillii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Curry
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  52. Empidonax sp. Empidonax sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Kenneth Weaver
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  53. new world flycatcher sp. Tyrannidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marianne Konka
    Location: personal location
  54. vireo sp. Vireo sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ned DeLamatre
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  55. American/Fish Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos/ossifragus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Steve West
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  56. crow sp. Corvus sp. (crow sp.)
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Dr. James Gibson
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  57. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Turner
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  58. Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula/Regulus satrapa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cathy Downes
    Location: Wildlife Drive, Cambridge, Maryland, US (38.443, -76.1)
  59. wren sp. Troglodytidae sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Whittle
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  60. Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush Catharus minimus/bicknelli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christine Taylor
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  61. Catharus sp. Catharus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bill Hubick
    Location: Cambridge--a parking lot
  62. Acanthis/Spinus sp. Acanthis/Spinus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Smithson
    Location: 405 Edlon Park Dr, Cambridge US-MD 38.57797, -76.08919
  63. finch sp. Fringillidae sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Christoph Fischer
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  64. Spizella sp. Spizella sp.
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Josephine Kalbfleisch
    Location: Taylor's Island
  65. Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow) Ammospiza nelsoni/caudacuta
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: George Jett
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  66. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Scott Baron
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  67. new world oriole sp. Icterus sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Holger Pflicke
    Location: Indiantown Road Area (including retention pond)
  68. grackle sp. Quiscalus sp.
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Alina Martin
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Wildlife Drive
  69. blackbird sp. Icteridae sp.
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Dr. James Gibson
    Location: Elliott Island Road
  70. Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla/noveboracensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joel Martin
    Location: Chesapeake Forest--N. Tara Rd.
  71. Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga castanea/striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jared Fisher
    Location: Taylor's Island
  72. Setophaga sp. Setophaga sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: hartmut doebel
    Location: Blackwater NWR--Key Wallace Dr
  73. new world warbler sp. Parulidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Aurelia
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  74. Summer/Scarlet Tanager Piranga rubra/olivacea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matt Whitbeck
    Location: Whitehead
  75. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Gregory Schrott
    Location: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  76. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jack Hutchison
    Location: Taylor's Island