Northern Gannets over the Bay

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Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon Marion Mudd and I birded Talbot County sections
of the eastern Chesapeake Bay by visiting a number of access points from
Claiborne, south to Black Walnut Point.  Although, perhaps because of the
very choppy waters, we did not find any Red-throated Loons (one of our
objectives), we did have a good flight of Northern Gannets at Black Walnut
Point.   At least eight came by - out over the Bay - during the half-hour,
or so, we watched, heading south, riding the strong north wind in majestic
sweeping up-and-down arcs.  

Because we did not see gannets elsewhere, we wonder if this was a localized
group, or were gannets seen at, for example, St. George Island or Pt.
Lookout to the south, or by Jim Stasz or others at North Beach in Calvert
County?

Harvey Mudd


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