The Eastern Shore Bayside, In the Rain

Norm Saunders (osprey@ARI.Net)
Mon, 6 Apr 1998 18:39:12 -0500


In the short period between showers on Saturday morning, Fran and I 
managed to kick up the following birds at Irish Grove and along 
Rumbley Point Road, beyond Irish Grove, in Somerset County:

Osprey                   3
Northern Harrier         3
Clapper Rail             1
Greater Yellowlegs      25
Lesser Yellowlegs        2
Dunlin                  75
Semipalmated Sandpiper   1
Common Snipe             6
Forster's Tern           7
Seaside Sparrow          8
Swamp Sparrow            2
Chipping Sparrow         3
Song Sparrow             1
Field Sparrow            2
Eastern Meadowlark       5

On Sunday, a quick stop at Blackwater NWR, in Dorchester County,
yielded:

Bald Eagle               3 adult, 5 subadult
Osprey                   7

and the following waterfowl:

Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Northern Shoveler
Red-breasted Merganser

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Norm Saunders
Colesville, MD
osprey@ari.net