Mark Linardi and I went down to Elliott Island today. We spent about 
four hours in the area but did not see the Snow Owl. We spoke very 
briefly with another party that was there in the morning, then the 
late afternoon, and they also did not see it. Well into dusk we did 
see a Short-eared Owl a mile or two north of the house by the roadside 
in the middle of the marsh). We saw three Snipe in a pond in that area 
also, and 2 Marsh Wrens nearby. In Fishing Bay there were about 3000 
Canvasbacks. By the main Elliott boat launch there were hundreds of 
Ruddy ducks and a few Redheads.

On the way down we stopped by the Cambridge waterfront and were 
pleasantly surprised that the waterfowl were quite plentiful around 
Oakley Road and Great Marsh Park despite some concern about 
development along the waterfront posted a few weeks ago. There were 
about 100 Surf Scoters - some of them quite close, a few dozen 
Canvasbacks, 10-20 Oldsquaw - also rather close, mainly by the marina 
about a quarter mile east of Oakley Rd, and Buffleheads, and a few 
Goldeneye.

Steve Sanford
Randallstown MD (Balto Co)
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