Re: Ocean City/Deal Island Sightings

Rob Hilton (robert@csa.com)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 10:47:20 -0400


At 10:34 AM 6/26/98 -0400, Marcia Watson-Whitmyre wrote: 

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<excerpt>Yesterday afternoon (6/25) I had to drive my son to Ocean City
MD, so I squeezed in some quick birding at the 4th St. mudflats, Old
Bridge Rd, and then my first ever visit to Deal Island WMA.  I was hoping
for Black-necked Stilts at Deal, but no luck.  Has anyone seen them there
 (or elsewhere in MD) this year?  Also, what's the scoop on Sandwich
Terns at Ocean City?  The Yellow Book lists them as regular breeders in
Worcester County and Claudia Wilds' book mentions them at 4th St., but I
have never seen them there. 


Here's what I did see/hear (To the record-keeping types:  Sorry, I didn't
take the time to count birds) 

<bold>At the 4th St. mudflats/Old Bridge Rd.:</bold> 

</excerpt>[snip]

Brant (2 birds, late lingers at 4th St.) 

[snip]


Marcia, 


I was at 6th street looking at the flats on Sunday at sunset.  I too saw
the Brant, and I also saw 3 Red-breasted Mergansers (one male and two
females, if memory serves).  Just south of 6th street is a Purple Martin
house, so I enjoyed watching them cavort around as it grew darker and
darker.  


Rob Hilton

Bethesda Md. 

robert@csa.com