Hi all

I tried Ocean City on Monday, March 5, with less luck.

There were no Harlequins or Eiders visible. The Murre, if he was still 
there, was hiding (probably snickering at the cold guy with the scope). 
Loons, Bonaparte's Gulls, Surf Scoters, Horned Grebes and red-breasted 
mergansers were about it. Two Bald eagles (1 adult, 1 immature) circled over 
the jetty area before moving on. Like Danny Poet in his last message, I saw 
American Black Ducks out by the jetty and wondered what puddle ducks were 
doing out in rough salt water. Purple sandpipers, Turnstones, and 
sanderlings were cooperative, and I did find a Dunlin among the Purple 
Sandpipers. The Laughing Gull was visible from Hooper's restaurant.

I ran up to the Indian River Inlet and if you do not wish to read about 
Delaware birds, under no circumstances should you read the next four 
sentences. There were four great cormorants, and a flock of 42 long-tailed 
ducks. (I don't remember seeing so large a flock of long-tailed ducks 
before.) Also, two Royal Terns flew by. It seems early for Royal Term to me.

Don Burggraf
Baltimore


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