Hola,
 
 
 
I'm writing from Holland Point, Maryland, from our house on the bay in  
extreme southeastern Anne Arundel County, just north of the Calvert line.   It's 
light rain here, with winds ranging from an estimated 25-35 mph from the  
northeast and east-northeast, with gusts a little higher.  Aside from the  steady 
diet of Royal Terns, Laughing Gulls, Forster's Terns, and Ring-billed  Gulls, 
I've seen one distant Jaeger, two or three distant dark-mantled terns,  and a 
few Common Terns.  There are scattered shorebirds flying by too, but  I don't 
know what they are either.  Pretty much anything that might have  been notable, 
I haven't seen well enough or long enough to identify it.  

 
I spoke to Ned Brinkley in Northampton County, Virginia this morning  while 
he was doing some birding in driving rain and high wind.  He reports  three 
subadult or adult (not juvenile) Bridled Terns flying over Seaside Road  just 
south of Jones Cove Road.  His other stops included Cape Charles  Harbor where he 
had a couple (few?) Black Terns; a stop along Arlington Road  that had a 
Sandwich Tern in a field; and a similar mix of shorebirds at the  location he 
reported from yesterday.  
 
Cheers, 
 
Todd

 
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Todd Michael  Day
Jeffersonton, VA,  USA

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