Greetings,

I went to the Perryville Town Park on Wednesday to look for waterfowl and
was disapointed to find very little of anything.  One good this i guess is
the lack of duck blinds in Mill Creek.  usually there are 3 to 6 blind
stations here this time of year!  Anyway, all i find in the way of
waterfolw were a few Ring-necked Ducks, 12 or so Buffleheads, and a pair of
black Ducks.

betterbirds in North East though, where, at the town park, I found at least
two Lesser Black-backed Gulls in amoungst the 200 or so Ring-billed,
Herring, and GB-b's.  I have noticed gull numbers on the North East River
have been steadily increasing over the last few weeks.  with 300-500 Great
Black-backs being seen on Thanksgiving day.  Surley a a sign of the 1000's
that come in the dead of winter.

No gulls seen had any signs of oil from the Delaware River.

Good birding,
Chris Starling
North East, MD