Nothing earth shattering but a few interesting
sightings over the weekend.

On Saturday, Jane and I were helping some friends move
furniture into their beach cottage at Plum Point in
Calvert. Before we met them, we swung by North Beach
marsh. The number of Wilson's Snipe was down
considerably but there were still a dozen of them
spread out on the exposed mud. On the far side of the
water were 10 Green-winged Teal. Near the road was a
Bonaparte's Gull with a nearly complete black hood.
There was a flock of Tree Swallows that had been
feeding over a small pond on the Bay side of the road
(where the Least Terns favor when they're there during
the summer) but they moved en masse across the road
and began feeding over the marsh.

As we were headed back through North Beach, we spotted
a pair of Black-crowned Night-herons in the tidal pond
near the enormous new condo building on the water.

No bird sightings on Sunday as we were visiting family
in the DC area but an interesting weather phenomenon.
We left our house in St. Mary's at 7 am. It was 60
degrees. We had only driven to Charlotte Hall and the
temp had dropped to 45! Guess we should have stayed at
home.

This morning, as I was driving from St. Mary's across
the Solomons bridge, the wind was furious. Just as I
got onto the bridge, a Rock Pigeon flew by. They used
to be very common on both sides of the bridge but the
Peregrine Falcons, that nested there for several year,
cleaned them out. Maybe now that the falcons have
moved off, the sky rats will come back?

Another sighting of 3 Rock Pigs on the north end of
the Pax Rec Center flying toward the senior living
facility. That seems to be the holdout in the southern
end of Calvert for them.

And finally, two Caspian Terns flew over shortly after
the light at the Food Lion in Solomons. They sure are
plentiful this year. I'm sure there are quite a few on
the pilings at Solomons as they are usually in
migration.

Tyler Bell

California, Maryland

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