Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:01:43 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Hans Holbrook Subject: Eastern Shore 8/16-18 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everyone, I spent the weekend birding the Eastern Shore, all in Maryland. Friday I= dropped in on Horsehead Wetlands, Blackwater, and Hooper's Island. Satu= rday I met up with Jim Stasz and birded the ORV zone on Assateague Island= , E. A. Vaughn, and Deal Island. On Sunday, Jim Brighton and I went to H= urlock, down through Wicomico County and then back down to Deal Island. = The result was 750 miles of driving, 21 species of shorebirds for the wee= kend, a White Pelican, and the 24th annual 'Great American Turtle Race' o= n Sunday held in Bivalve, Wicomico County. Here goes the highlights... Horsehead (8/16)- 1 Ruddy Duck, 1 Brown-headed Nuthatch Blackwater (8/16)- 1 Summer Tanager, 1 Western Sandpiper, and 7 other sp= ecies of shorebird Hooper's Island (8/16)- 2 'western' Willet Assateague (8/17)- 20 Whimbrel, 8 Red Knot, 26 Sandwich Terns, 5 Black Te= rns, and many other shorebirds Deal (8/17)- 1 WHITE PELICAN, Stilt and Western Sandpipers, Long-billed D= owitchers Hurlock (8/18)- 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 1 Ruddy Turnstone, Ruddy Ducks Nanticoke (just south of Bivalve in Wicomico County) (8/18)- 1 Ruddy Turn= stone, 1 Least Sandpiper Deal (8/18)- 1 WHITE PELICAN, all the shorebirds from before, 1 Sanderlin= g As Matt Hafner reported before, the pelican was seen off of Riley Roberts= Road in the large pool on the left, most all of the shorebird at Deal we= re also on the left side of the road. Jim Stasz managed to get some vide= o images of the pelican. The Sanderling we picked up further down the Is= land. Do not get out of your car if you are on Hotel Road, there is a bi= g nasty dog that guards a house at the end of the road. Good Birding, Hans Holbrook Columbia, MD =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 =========================================================================