Hi Everybody,
The Kent County Bird Club will be running an all day trip to the shores
of Delaware Bay on Sunday, 19 May. We will meet participants at the
Dollar General parking lot in Chestertown across from the end of Spring
St. at 8:00 AM. Folks who wish to meet us at Prime Hook or en route
should give us as call; we can meet participants at the park and ride at
the junction of MD-404 and U.S. 50 in Wye Mills.
We plan to cover the bay shore from Prime Hook north to Mispillion
Light. The current forecast for Sunday is for a 50% chance of
precipitation and temperatures in the upper 70s. Participants should
bring along lunch and snacks, rain gear, a jacket, and sun screen. We
will be a week ahead of the Horseshoe Crab and Shorebirds Festival and a
day after the Peace, Love, and Horseshoe Crab Festival at the DuPont
Center at Mispillion Light, so we expect smaller crowds of people but
big crowds of shorebirds and gulls. There were numerous Dunlin,
Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot and Laughing Gull
reported last weekend, and numbers will continue to build with good
migration weather. Coastal birds will also be present including Clapper
Rail, Willow Flycatcher, Seaside Sparrow, Boat-tailed Grackle, Black
Skimmer, Snowy Egret, and Tricolored Heron.
We hope to see some of you next weekend.
Good birding,
Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin
23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620
phone: 410-778-9568
e-mail: rossgull(AT)baybroadband.net
Observing Nature is like unwrapping a big pile of presents every time
you take a walk.
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