Discover Worcester County - The Great Outdoors
Ocean City - Downtown & Offshore
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Photo:Assateague Island National Seashore |
Inlet
During the winter, the inlet and rock jetties attract a variety of diving ducks, eiders and shorebirds, including Purple Sandpipers and Ruddy Turnstones; also various gulls such as Little Gull, Bonaparte's Gull and occasional white winged gulls.
Pelagic - Offshore
Charter boats from Ocean City offer birdwatching trips to the Continental Shelf. It is usually necessary to go a minimum of 10-20 miles offshore to see these birds:
- Shearwater (Cory's; Greater)
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Skua
- Razorbill
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Atlantic Puffin
- Dovekie
4th Street Mud Flats
4th Street on the bayside in Ocean City overlooks mud flats which are a popular stop-over for many waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls and other waterbirds. The parking lot and boardwalk along the water make it a great vantage point for observing the birds. Look for American Oystercatchers in numbers and a large colony of Black Skimmers, as well as Common and Least Terns.
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