Hi all  the Talbot County Bird Club walk at the Jean Ellen duPont 
Shehan Audubon  Sanctuary near Bozman had  a nice showing of eager birders 
dispite a chilly start to Sun Morning . Our leader for the outing was Jan 
Reese . We were joined by a new staff member [ Sorry I forgot her name ] she 
has only been here since Feb  and is impressed by the number of waterfowl  
we have in the winter. We ended the day with 62 Species and a nice brunch at 
Linda and Paul  Makosky's home. some of the Bird highlights were.

Cattle Egret           The first of the year for most of us in a cattle lot  
on the
                             Main road . It was in a tree next to a house.
Canada  Geese 2
Bufflehead
Ruddy Ducks
Killdeer  1   in a wet spot near Rt 33
Common   Snipe      7        seen only in flight . Even when we knew were 
they landed they  were
                                       Out of sight in the grass.
Greater Yellow Leggs     3      Flyovers
Bald  Eagle         1  immature
Red Tailed Hawk 3
Coopers Hawk   1
kestrel   1
Turkey    a good sized flock,    too bad I did not get to see them

Flickers               5      3 in one tree
Red Bellied Woodpecker      1
Carolina Chickadee
Brown Headed Nuthatch       3
Carolina Wren
Brown  Thrasher      4           First of the year for some of the group
Mockingbird        a    good mimic
Pine Warbler
Yellow Rumped warbler
Yellow Throated  warbler     1 singing    Last bird of the walk
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Towhee        2
Cardinal
Tree Swallow  2
Eastern Bluebird      several  but 1 in a blooming tree
Barn Swallow    4




Happy birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Md