Hi Everyone, 

    Went on a girls retreat this weekend to Ocean City . Went birding on 74th 
st. on the bay side Saturday morning . This was a marshy  area  with 
mudflats  and a nice variety of birds . There was a flock of about 50 Canada 
geese (one had white eyebrows ) and 50 Mallards to start off. Had a Tri-
colored heron , Common tern , and  Royal tern flying around all morning . The 
Oystercatcher was not hard to find  because he was very loud as he moved 
around
c . A 3 Pelican flyover and Purple Martins hanging on the telepone wires with 
the Barn swallows.  Sunday morning finally found the West Ocean City Pond 
thats so talked about and i seen why . I thought i might have made a wrong 
turn and was at the Florida Everglades . Lots of Herons and Egrets , Ibises and 
of course the Sandpipers that were to far to identify again without having a 
scope . Also a giant Snapping turtle . Seen 2 flocks of Turkeys . One at a cow 
farm on rt. 50 just outside Ocean City  and the other on the left side around 
mile marker 84. Stopped at Terrapin park by the Bay Bridge in Stevensonville  . 
Not much to report there. 


Birds seen 

74th st. bayside (walked over from room) 

Great blue heron
Tri -colored Heron   1
Snowy Egret 
Green heron
Canada goose 
Osprey 
Brown Pelican   3
Mallard 
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER  1
Least tern 
Common tern
Royal tern
Killdeer
Laughing gull
Herring gull
Ringbilled gull
Fish crow
Purple martin
Barn swallow 


West Ocean City Pond   (was here first sign of daylight)

Great Blue heron   5
Great White Egret   20   groups coming in and out 10 at a time 
Black- crowned night heron  10  (a couple juvenile)
Little blue heron    10 
Glossy Ibis    16
Canada goose   30
Mallard     20


rt. 50 

Wild turkey     2 flocks 


Thanks
Saundra Byrd 

baltimore