Date: 8/25/12 8:31 am
From: <BlkVulture...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Hubick's Godwits at Holland Point, Anne Arundel, 25 August


Well I'll be damned.

While walking my dog this morning, at around 8:30 or so I saw an
approaching flock of what I thought were large shorebirds flying down the bay. The
wind was steady at 15 or so, and quite a bit gusty. I originally saw the
birds from a couple hundred yards ahead of me, less than 100 feet off the
water, and less than 200 yards off shore. I stepped on the dog's leash and
was able to watch and count sixteen Hubicki Hudsonian Godwits. (I think
Bill strung the last three.) I have some notes in the eBird submission linked
below.

I was pleased to see Bill's report of seeing them at Fort Smallwood earlier
this morning. The timing is certainly such that these are possibly (and
likely) the same flock.

Since this morning's sightings, there has been a steady flow of
Double-crested Cormorants moving south down the bay, and a few dozen Great
Black-backed Gulls. There's a lot more action just off my pier today with the
east/northeast wind.

I am also hosting a ton of hummingbirds. I've never put feeders out here
before, as we are typically only here on weekends. But, I've been here
since mid-July, and have nine feeders out. I can easily count a dozen or so
birds in a day, based a bit on plumage difference, but also number seen at
one time. Hopefully I'll be able to keep them full throughout fall and into
November, and get something different.

_http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11436571_
(http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11436571)

Cheers,

Todd

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Todd Michael Day
Jeffersonton, Virginia
Culpeper County
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