[MDOsprey] Redshank not found (8/28)

Greg Miller (hawk-owl@yahoo.com)
Sun, 29 Aug 1999 13:38:49 -0700 (PDT)


Howdy All!

George Jett and I were at Assateague yesterday morning from
6:30-9:00am.  We checked both sides of the road on the eastern side of
the Rt 611 bridge to Assateague and could not find the reported bird.

We did do an Eastern Shore Big Day yesterday.  Hence, the reason for
this late post.  And yes, we did break our old, ridiculously small
record from last week, but by a most humbling amount (it wasn't much). 
I'll post the results early this week [after my face quits burning from
blushing].  August is not a really fun time to do a Big Day either. 
And who would be foolish enough to waste two perfectly good days, TWO
weeks in a row...?  Oh, well.

On a good note, my new yardlist is now at 50 after only two weeks and
hardly any birding time.  Hmmm.  Maybe I should do a Big Day here?
<grin> I had both tanagers (Scarlet(2) and Summer(1)) pass through this
morning as well as E Wood Pewee (2), E Phoebe (1), and Acadian
Flycatcher (1), a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1), Prairie Warbler (3),
Red-eyed Vireos (2).  Also, I saw my first Forster's Tern this morning
as well as 8 Double-crested Cormorants.

-Greg Miller
Hollywood, MD
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