I went for my yearly late-April warbler quest along Nassawango Creek and 
vicinity April 24-25 as well as general birding on the Eastern shore. 
After a good first pass late Tuesday afternoon, on Wednesday I found 15 
warbler species, many of them, including Prothonotary, Yellow-throated, 
Prairie, and Worm-eating giving me great looks. I had 14 of those 
warbler species along the roads from Twilleys Bridge Road in Wicomico Co 
to Colbourne Mill Rd in Worcester Co. On these roads the traffic amounts 
to about one vehicle per hour so it's easy to do with little walking.

Going out and returning, I checked the Lewistown & Covey's Landing Roads 
flooded field for the Ruff without success, but had good looks at the 
American Golden-Plover and saw the most Pectoral Sandpipers I ever saw 
in one place. And, oh yes, I did my annual pass through Caroline County 
to not close-out Common Loon for my all-county list.

I also checked some of the Maryland shoreline of Chincoteague Bay from 
George's Island Landing to Scott's Landing, which is where most of the 
waders and waterfowl were.

Here's a partial list, with my first of year birds marked with an 
asterisk:

Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Glossy Ibis
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Osprey - of course!
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk (along the Nassawango, rare in Wico)
Broad-winged Hawk - 2 over Colbourne Mill Rd, one calling.
American Kestrel - just one, Talbot
Wild Turkey
-- all shorebird species below could be seen at Covey's Landing Road 
except Willet:
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet* - scads along Chincoteague Bay
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper*
Dunlin
Common Snipe
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird*
(woodpeckers very scarce, No Redbelly!)
Pileated Woodpecker - several areas along Nassawango
Great Crested Flycatcher*
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo*
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo*
Horned Lark
White-breasted Nuthatch (very rare in Wicomico)
Brown-headed Nuthatch - Scotts Landing
Marsh Wren*
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - many, many!
Eastern Bluebird - just one!
(no Brown Thrasher!)
Wood Thrush
American Pipit
-- All warbler species except Yellow could be found along the Nassawango 
Creek area roads:
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler* (EA Vaughn WMA - just one)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler*
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler*
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart*
Prothonotary Warbler*
Worm-eating Warbler*
Ovenbird*
Northern Waterthrush*
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Common Grackle - many, many everywhere
Boat-tailed Grackle
Orchard Oriole*

I squeaked out 100 species if I include the Bay Bridge Mute Swans and 
Black-backed Gulls, with 15 warbler species.

Steve Sanford
Randallstown MD
scartan ^at^ verizon ^dot^ net