Date: 10/30/12 4:09 pm
From: Dan Small <small.m.dan...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Bay watching from Kent and Queen Anne's Counties - 10-30-12


I started on the morning at Tolchester Beach in Kent County hoping to see some storm related birds moving back down the bay. While there were decent numbers of terns and gulls moving south nothing usual was mixed in with them. The best birds at that location were a total of 20 Brant (one large group and a few singles) flying south.

After four hours of bay watch there, I decided to try somewhere in QA. I picked up Maren Gimpel on the way south and headed to Terrapin Park. While activity was much lower here we were treated to 3 fly-by adult Pomarine Jaegers, we watched them long enough to see that they went over the bay bridge rather than under. After another hour or so we had 5 more adult jaegers, but due to the distance we left them unidentified, though more than likely then were Poms.


Dan Small
Chestertown, MD

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