Hi Folks,

Elaine and I enjoyed the exceptionally beautiful Saturday weather driving
the roads of western Worcester Co. (west of the Pocomoke River) as our part
of the annual Worcester Co. Rarity Roundup, and came home today via Wicomico
and Talbot Counties in the rain.  For the Saturday count our species tally
was rather low (5 fewer than last year), though we had some good numbers of
certain birds, including 5 Barred Owls in four different locations, and 14
Brown-headed Nuthatches in three locations, most of which were in an
insanely active and noisy group along Old Furnace Rd.  Highlights:

    W. Worcester Co., 11 Nov:
Barred Owl--5
YB Sapsucker--3
Pileated Woodpecker--3
BH Nuthatch--14
Winter Wren--2
Hermit Thrush--18
Gray Catbird--1
E. Meadowlark--32

    Today we spent all morning in Wicomico Co., and left when the rain began
to get heavy, stopping in Talbot Co. on the way home.  Highlights:

    Adkins Pond, Wicomico Co., 12 Nov:
Wood Duck--several flushed
Hermit Thrush--1

      Wango Rd.
Am. Kestrel--1
E. Phoebe--2 together in a tree (county closeout)
Winter Wren--1

    Schumaker Pond, SE Salisbury, next to Ward Museum of Waterfowl Art:
C. Goose--scores
Wood Duck--1 hen
Mallard--dozens
Lesser Scaup--1 male
Ring-necked Duck--26
Pied-billed Grebe--3
DC Cormorant--5
Am. Coot--1

    Harbor boat access and Pavilion at Nanticoke (rain was getting heavy):
Bufflhead--1 hen
all four common gulls
Royal Tern--3

    Spring Rd. impoundments, Talbot Co.:
Mallard--nearly 100
N. Shoveler--3
Green-winged Teal--6
Great Egret--1

    Bruff's Island Rd., Talbot Co.
Wild Turkey--1 flew across road into a tree

Best to all--

Stan Arnold
Glen Burnie