Saturday the 13th, Jim Brighton and myself walked the north end of 
Assateague Island as part of the Rarity Roundup.  While not finding anything 
too rare we did turn up four Common Eiders on the south side of the jetty at 
the Ocean City inlet.  During both the trip up and back we were accompanied 
by a group of twenty-one Snow Buntings.  We managed to turn up forteen 
'Ipswich' Sparrows on the walk back, they turned out to be our most common 
sparrow for the day.

On Sunday the 14th, Zach Baer and I found a Short-eared Owl on the shell 
road just north of the Assateague State Park parking area.  The bird perched 
in the open for a minute or two before dissapearing.

Hans Holbrook

443 864 8361
Columbia, MD

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