Hi All,
Nancy and I were out locally in the afternoon and checked a few spots
near home in western Kent County. Our best bird was an adult GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in the big fields on Great Oak Landing Road just
west of and beyond Great Oak Pond. The latter is still birdable if you
stay in the car and use the south road shoulder as you head east on
Great Oak Landing Rd. (be careful of traffic). The bird played hide and
seek so well amongst the Canadas that Nancy never laid eyes on it. I saw
it first in flight and watched it leave for a more distant part of the
field after about five or so minutes of partial views among the other
geese. This will not be any easy bird to relocate as we had about 3800
Canada Geese in the area on Fish Hatchery, Handy Pt. and Great Oak
Landing roads. We also found a CACKLING GOOSE among Canadas in the
fields behind the first farm on Handy Point Rd. north of the
intersection with Fish Hatchery Rd (east side of the road).
Other birds of interest included 11 Redheads with ring-necks and Lesser
Scaup in a field pond to the east of Handy Pt. Rod just north of Great
Oak Landing Rd. and 115 Common and 5 Hooded mergansers on the Fish
Hatchery Pond on Fish Hatchery Rd.
Good Birding,
Walter Ellison
Chestertown, MD
Observing Nature is like unwrapping a big pile of presents every time
you take a walk.
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