Hi all  yesterday after work  Aug 22  I headed To Kent County spured 
on by   the weekend reports  of the Great White  Heron  at Eastern Neck 
Island  and the Black Tern  at the Chestertown Sewage pond .   First Stop 
was the sewage lagoon on   John  Hanson Rd   where gulls  and terns were 
resting as well as some feeding  birds seen  laughing  Gulls ,  Ring billed 
Gulls. 5  Royal  Tern  and  3 Caspian   Terns  there  . While Scoping around 
I soon located a  flying Black Tern  after a few minutes 2 more seen nearby  
for a total of 3 all in flight .  The only shorebird seen was 2 killdeer.

    Than it was off to Eastern Neck Island  arriving here at about 4 :30 PM 
I  headed straight to the  Tubby Cove Parking  area  loaded with  Bins , 
Scope , Camera gear  hiking the boardwalk  to the blind  and nearly  empty 
marsh,  cove area to find  2  Great Blue Herons  several  Royal Terns, 
Forester's Terns and two Bald  Eagles. After about  1 hour of waitng and a 
no show Great white Heron   I   headed back to the parking area  and crossed 
the road to the hiking trail back towrds the bridge .  Birds seen along here

DC  comorant      many  on a fish net in the Chester river
Osprey    at least  7
Great Blue Herons  4     east side of the Island
Red bellied Woodpecker     1 adult  1 immature  together on the same limb  
dad showing son how to hunt food .
Ruby Throated  Hummingbird   1 feeding in the  trumpet creeper
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher      2
Carolina Wren  1
Carolina Chickadee    2
Canada Warbler    1 first year bird
Worm Eating  Warbler     1

      I  headed  back to my  truck  a bit dissapointed  not having found the 
heron it being about 6:50 Pm
then  thinking why  not try again. This time only carrying bins and scope  
back out to the Tubby cove blind then the GREAT WHITE HERON flew in landed 
on a post  at the nearest  water edge  backlit a little ,   bill color  seen 
well   legs looked pale in color but could not see color there well. This 
was looking due west    scope still needed to see well .  It sat there  
preening its self  for quite a while. I was able to get a few shots with my 
film  camera  and a few poor digital  shots through the spotting scope after 
a trip back to the truck for the camera gear   who says birding is not 
exersize ?  None will be wall hanger thoughs  still  presant at 7 :50 ish 
when   I  went  back to the truck. birded my way back to the bridge  the Sun 
getting close to setting  so  I stayed long enough to watch the  Sunset  and 
yes I got some nice photos of it. if anyone wants to see just ask.

Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Md