Returning from a speaking engagement in Salisbury I made some stops on the lower part of the Nanticoke River in Wicomico County this morning. Among the birds seen were the following:
Cedar Hill Park, Bivalve
DC Cormorant 15
Surf Scoter 85
Greater Scaup 1 female, other scaup too far out to identify
Goldeneye 5
Along Nanticoke Road between Bivalve and Nanticoke
Wild Turkey 24, with adult males displaying
Purple Martin 1 male
Nanticoke
Surf Scoter 160
Roaring Point
Scaup hundreds, most too far out to identify, all close birds Lesser
Surf Scoter 60
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
I also stopped at Great Marsh Park in Cambridge where I saw 40 Canvasbacks, hundreds of scaup (only Lesser close enough to identify), and another 275 Surf Scoters.
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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