Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 20:14:00 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Sandwich Terns; Red Knots, etc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Folks, Early this a.m. Joan DeCarli and I checked out some of the spots in = Ocean City, since it had been a while since we went coastal. The inlet = was pretty slow, with a handfull of cormorants, the expected gulls, = Ruddy Turnstones, and a few Common Terns. Skimmer Island was much more = interesting, however. We scoped the island from both the boardwalk at = the end of 3rd St., and from the west end of the US 50 bridge. Finds = included: Brown Pelican--2 LIttle Blue Heron--1 adult Tricolored Heron--1 Cattle Egret--1 Blk-crwnd Night Heron--1 adult Glossy Ibis--1 flyover Black-bellied Plover--1 in breeding plumage Am. Oystercatcher--12 Spotted Sandpiper--1 Willet--1 Ruddy Turnstone--dozens RED KNOT--5 Sanderling--several Dunlin--many Herring Gull--8 to 10 donwy youngsters among many adults Great Black-backed Gull--2 downy young among several adults Royal Tern--100+, presumed on nests; one pair copulating SANDWICH TERN--a pair moving among the royals; viewed from the US 50 = bridge Common Tern--several dozen, presumed to be on nests Black Skimmer--scores, presumed to be on nests West Ocean City Pond was fairly devoid of bird life. A Snowy Egret, = immature LIttle Blue Heron, Cattle Egret, a couple of Black-crowns, and = several gulls was about it. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie blackrail@earthlink.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================