Folks

Today Gwen and I checked to see if the Sedge Wrens were still on territory at Allen's Fresh.  There were at least two males singing but not as much as 10 days ago.  Perhaps they have found mates.  I asked the farmer's son when they plan to cut the field, and there are no plans until next spring.  I will check with the farmer later this week to provide some additional information.  Sedge Wren is listed as endangered in Maryland, and this is a great find for the atlas project and the birds.

Other birds located today in the Allen's Fresh area were a few Bank Swallows mixed in the with migrant Barn Swallows, about 12 Bobolinks (#206 county year bird) in the fields in the area, a few singing Grasshoppers Sparrows, and one Caspian Tern over the wetland.  The water level at low tide was too high for shorebirds because of the recent rains.  

Down at Morgantown we found a single first summer Common Tern (#207) lounging with about 45 Forsters and 10 Royal Terns.  We also had a single Bonaparte's Gull - maybe the one I found last month.

Slowly working toward a new county record.  

George