Hi all On Sat Feb  12, 05  Diane Cole  And I made the trip to Sandgates 
in  St Marys Co to look for the  Kelp Gull.  Several years ago I went down 
and had no luck  what so ever  . But on Sat Morning when  we pulled into the 
parking lot the Kelp Gull was on the ground at the  edge of the  water.  
This was at 10:00 am  at the same time a young couple from  New Jersey  
arrived. Great views.  Soon   shrimpy took up the  gull sport of Dumpter 
Diving .   It found  some tasty morsels to dine on.   After eating  it flew 
to the  Pier on the other  side of the  building  landed on a post.  this is 
where we met a  man  from  Virgina taking photos of the Gull. The greenish 
color on the legs  showed up well in the morning Sun . I also took some 
photos of the Kelp Gull .  Soon  it was napping in the warmish Sunshine . 
than we decided to scope the river here for other birds .

Kelp Gull 1         Great views of a life Bird
Great Black Backed Gull
Ring Billed Gull
Herring Gull
Red Breasted Mreganser
Bufflehead
starling

      After taking a Nap the  kelp  Gull  spread it wings did some Preening 
.  took more Action shots of the gull  We all Left Here  about the same time 
at  11:00 Am . Diane and I headed to Point Lookout  after getting some lunch 
  arrived at  the state Park   birded here and nearby the rest of the  
afternoon.

Highlights

Surf Scoters -  Many
Black  Scoters   Lots
White Winged  Scoters   A few
Red Breasted Mergansers  20
Buffleheads
Long Tailed   Ducks
Ruddy Ducks
Horned  Grebes       12
Common   Loon  -  several
Mockingbirds     2
Robins  -  hundreds
Eastern Bluebirds  10     In a corn stubble field nice in the  Sunlight
Yellow Rumped warblers  12  Some Preening after a bath. Sunlight just lit 
them up
Brown Headed Nuthatch   3 feeding  in the pinecones
Bald   Eagle   1 adult
Carolina Chickadee    1

       This was my first trip to point lookout statepark and area. we had a 
great time  left  after about 4 hours .


Happy  Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Md