Hi Folks! After work today I did a little birding at the north end of North Beach, Calvert County, MD. The marsh area along Rt.261, immediately south of the Anne Arundel County line had: Blue-winged Teal 3 [all males] Green-winged Teal 34 [mostly pairs] American Wogeon 4 [2 pair] Mallard 20 [all paired] Bonaparte's Gull 53 Laughing Gull 2 Ring-billed Gull 6 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Common Snipe 7 Savannah Sparrow 2 In the Bay from the beach were: Horned Grebe 72 [a wide variety of plumages] EARED GREBE 1 [well into breeding plumage, but lacking the ear tufts] Northern Gannet 1 Greater Scaup ~250 Lesser Scaup ~30 Canvasback ~25 Bufflehead ~50 Osprey 1 With a scope, far offsjore: Oldsquaw 2 Surf Scoter ~400 Black Scoter 2+ You can park on the sand road area between Rt. 261 and the beach and walk the beach. Good Birding! Jim Jim Stasz North Beach MD jlstasz@aol.com