Hi. Friday (Aug. 27th) I visited several spots on the Eastern Shore. A few bright notes from each site I visited: John Brown Road - Black-bellied Plover - 1 - American Golden Plover - 1 - Upland Sandpiper - 1 - Blue Grosbeak (singing) - 1 Ridgley Sewage Treatment Plant - Least, Semi-sand, Spotted, and both yellowlegs - pectorals and stilt sandpipers - no more Godwits Easton Waste Management Area - too much water for shorebird habitat - Blue-winged Teals - 17 - bobolink flock still there. Route 313 near the drawbridge leading into Caroline County - Common Moorhen - 8 (3 adult and 5 immatures)! - Forster's Terns - Semipalmated Plovers - 2 Hurlock Waste Management Area - Tundra Swan,Snow Goose, and Ruddy Duck still there - Black Terns - 3 - Northern Shoveler - 5 - Snowy Egret - 1 - Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Seen from car on return trip - Bald Eagle - 1 (adult) - Cooper's Hawk - 1 Also, I passed one TV tower on Route 50 with 51 roosting Turkey Vultures! A fun day! Don Burggraf Baltimore dburggraf@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com