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Jug Bay waterbirds

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Jeff Shenot

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Jeff Shenot

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Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:15:59 -0400

I continued looking Saturday and Sunday for rare wanderers etc., in hopes 
of seeing an anhinga(!) or W-f ibis.  As expected, I found none!  The only 
uncommon migrants found here were on Saturday there were two glossy ibis 
at Billingsley Marsh, and Sunday I had one snowy egret.  On Saturday I saw 
a large group of 51 lesser yellowlegs that stopped briefly on a mud flat, 
and Sunday I saw several spotted sandpipers, the first of season here, and 
also a great view of a group of 29 B-wing Teal.  The tide Sunday was 
unusually high, with very little ground to stand on.  A harrier was 
hunting over the marsh as well.

At my house I enjoyed listening to a talkative scarlet tanager Sunday 
morn, and the hummers have returned!

Cheers-
Jeff Shenot
Croom MD