Dotty Mumford, Sue Hamilton, Marylee Ross and I birded at Irish Grove 
Sanctuary and Rumbly Point Road (Somerset County) this evening.  Some of 
the sightings include:

Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 9
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 17
Black Duck - 6
Green-winged Teal - 35
Surf Scoter - 15
Bufflehead - 4
No. Harrier - 3
Wild Turkey - 4
Clapper Rail - 20
Virginia Rail - 10
Greater Yellowlegs - 12
Lesser Yellowlegs - 6
Willet - 2
Laughing Gull - 38
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-shafted Flicker - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 4
Carolina Wren - 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 6
Myrtle Warbler - 6
Eastern Towhee - 4
Chipping Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Slate-colored Junco - 4
No. Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 26
E. Meadowlark - 3

About halfway down Rumbly Point Road, Sue saw a small black bird running in 
the roadside ditch on the west side that disappeared into the marsh 
grasses.  She thought it was a Black Rail at first, but then decided she 
didn't see it well enough.  It was very close to the spot where Bill Ellis 
heard one on the Crisfield Christmas count.

Dotty and Sue will be at Irish Grove all week and welcome visitors.  This 
is a good chance to see Irish Grove with experienced guides.

Paul Bystrak

3709 Devonshire Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804
410-572-9950
443-783-1268 (cell)