Hi All,

Today I birded with Jim Brighton, while the Red-necked Grebe invasion hasn't 
started, we still managed to find a few nice things. Red-shouldered Hawks 
were the most common raptor which is unusual on the shore, we had 8, 4 in 
Wicomico, and 4 in Somerset. Since most of the water is frozen, we looked in 
several places for Common Merganser in Somerset County. We tried both the 
Wicomico and the Pocomoke Rivers without any luck. We did find a large 
Canada Goose flock south of Fruitland, in Somerset, that had 2 Snow Geese 
and a Richardson's Goose which were both county birds for us that we have 
been looking for a while. We had three Snipe along Reading Ferry Road, as 
well as a Hermit Thrush and a Catbird. Deal Island produced a Bittern. At 
Rumbly Point the highlights were a Short-eared Owl and Jim going ass deep in 
the marsh, the latter made up for not finding any Nelson's Sparrows. All in 
all a good day.

Good Birding,

Hans



Hans Holbrook

Baltimore, MD

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