Yesterday afternoon (Sunday, August 12) I found a SEDGE WREN 
along Cedar Creek Road in southern Dorchester County.  It was in 
the vicinity of a tall dead snag that stands by itself about 75 yards 
from the edge of the road, on the north side.  In the same area were 
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed and Seaside Sparrows.  Also, an EASTERN 
MEADOWLARK flushed from an area of short grass near the edge 
of the woods.  

On the way down, a pair of adult Bald Eagles flew up from a dead 
opossum on Maple Dam Road.  From the end of Cedar Creek Road, 
I saw another low-flying adult eagle being dive-bombed by an Osprey.

I had time for only a quick trip through Blackwater NWR.  There were
a good number of shorebirds and waders.  I saw several dozen Least 
and Semipalmated Sandpipers, a few Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, 
Semipalmated Plovers (at least 2), several Killdeer, an immature 
Little Blue Heron, 2 or 3 Snowy Egrets, and 4 Osprey.

         
Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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