Went down to Irish Grove on Thursday evening ((/7/06 - 4 PM to 7 PM) to see 
about a telephone problem and to see if the black terns were still hanging 
around.  The flood waters had receded, so all roads were above water now, 
but the upper marsh is still flooded with rain water.  The black terns were 
gone.

7   Double-crested Cormorant
1   Great Blue Heron
11 Great Egret
16 Snowy Egret
4   Little Blue Heron
1  Tri-colored Heron
1  Green Heron
5  Turkey Vulture
2  Am. Black Duck
2  Clapper Rail
1  Virginia Rail
5  Greater Yellowlegs
16 Lesser Yellowlegs
1   STILT SANDPIPER (new bird for sanctuary list)
1   Semipalmated Sandpiper
1  Western Sandpiper
4   Least Sandpiper
1   Pectoral Sandpiper
25 Laughing Gull
2   Ring-billed Gull
6   Herring Gull
3   Great Black-backed Gull
9   Royal Tern
2   Forster's Tern
4   Mourning Dove
1   Belted Kingfisher
1   Red-bellied Woodpecker
2   Downy Woodpecker
1   Hairy Woodpecker
2   Northern Flicker
2   Pileated Woodpecker
2   E. Wood-pewee
5   American Crow
7   Barn Swallow
5   Carolina Chickadee
5   Brown-headed Nuthatch
3   Carolina Wren
2   Marsh Wren
1   Gray Catbird
3   Pine Warbler
2   Common Yellowthroat
4   Seaside Sparrow
1   Song Sparrow
4   No. Cardinal
1   Indigo Bunting
7   Red-winged Blackbird
1   Am. Goldfinch

The  STILT  SANDPIPER was in the marsh on the east side of Rumbly Point 
Road about 100 yards form the woods edge.  It was only about 30 feet from 
the road, but wasn't on our property when I first saw it.  I hoped that my 
presence would cause it to move to our side of the road, but it just went 
further back in the marsh.  On the way back up the road it was back in the 
original spot, but this time it took the hint and flew over to our side, 
landing in the marsh about 75 yards west of the road and promptly 
disappearing.  I was surprised that this species was missing from the 
property list.

Good birding,

Paul Bystrak


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