Hi All,

We're not sure if it has much to do with the patron saint of Ireland, 
but the Kent Bird County Bird Club will be making an all day excursion 
(bring some lunch) to bird Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge and its 
environs. The Delaware Bay shore is justifiably famous for its wetlands 
and the Prime Hook area, lying between the more famous Bombay Hook and 
Atlantic beaches from Cape Henlopen and southward, is a sometimes 
overlooked gem. Nancy and I will meet folks locally at 7:00 AM at the 
parking lot of the Dollar General store to the right of the traffic 
light at Spring Street on MD-213 in Chestertown. If anyone wishes to 
meet us at the refuge HQ north of DE-16 just west of Broadkill Beach 
please contact us. The current weather prediction for Saturday is for 
temperatures in the 40s and a brisk NW wind so wear winter clothes.

Nancy and I did some scouting at Prime Hook over the weekend and we had 
53 species in a rather short 2 hour visit including good numbers of 
waterfowl especially pintail and Green-winged Teal, four shorebird 
species, five raptor species, Brown Thrasher, and White-crowned Sparrow. 
We hope to see some of you on Saturday.

Good Birding,

Walter Ellison

23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620

phone: 410-778-9568

e-mail: rossgull(AT)baybroadband.net

"Nothing is as easy as you would like it to be, and nothing is as hard 
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