Hola,

After spending the morning cleaning up hundreds of pieces of lumber from  our 
and neighboring piers damaged by Ernesto (and a jet ski that came to rest on  
our pier from a quarter mile down the beach), I made the switch to birding at 
 about noon.  After about twenty minutes of scanning and thinking that I  
missed the bonanza that's going on south of here, I saw my first jaeger, then  
shortly thereafter saw the first of three Bridled Terns.  One was close  enough 
to get good, detailed looks, the others were close, but not very.   Two more 
Bridled/Sooty Terns were seen, but pretty far out.  Up to a dozen  Black Terns 
too.  One adult Parasitic Jaeger is working over a tern flock  that is feeding 
a few hundred yards off shore.  That bird is present as I  type.  The Bridled 
Terns have all been flying directly south, and from this  vantage point I'm 
able to watch them leave Anne Arundel and enter Calvert.  
 
More later if there's anything to report.  
 
Cheers, 
 
Todd
 
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Todd Michael  Day
Jeffersonton, VA,  USA

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