Hi Everyone,
   
  I was again lured to the Eastern Shore yesterday in pursuit of the many great migrants that are moving through the state. I joined Jim Stasz, Matt Hafner, Jim Brighton, Tom Feild, Dave Powell, and John Hubbell just after dawn at the turf farms on Waller Rd. x Taylor Rd., northwest of Salisbury. 
   
  Waller x Taylor, Wicomico Co.:
   
  Northern Bobwhite--heard
  Killdeer--20
  AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER--1
  Lesser Yellowlegs--1
  Solitary Sandpiper--1
  Semipalmated Sandpiper--1
  Least Sandpiper--several
  WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER--1
  Pectoral Sandpiper--1+
  Horned Lark--30
  Bobolinks--5
  Red Fox--4
   
  Cherry Walk Rd. x Halloway Rd., Wicomico Co.:
   
  YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER--1 (photos)
  White-eyed Vireo--1
  Pine Warbler--1-2
  American Redstart--1
   
  Cherry Walk Rd. x Quantico Rd., Wicomico Co.:
  (cutover woods)
   
  Purple Martin--100+
  White-eyed Vireo--2
  Prairie Warbler--3
  Prothotary Warbler--1 (very obvious migrant)
   
  Wetipquin Marsh, Wicomico Co.:
   
  Brown-headed Nuthatch--1
  Marsh Wren--1
  Bobolink--2
  Just north of Wetipquin: Worm-eating Warbler (2), Black-and-white Warbler, Summer Tanager, BG Gnatcatcher
   
  Tyaskin, Wicomico Co.:
   
  Royal Tern--2 adult, 1 juvenile
   
  Cedar Hill Marina, Wicomico Co.:
   
  Laughing Gull--200
  Royal Tern--80, including several juveniles
   
  Roaring Point, Wicomico Co.:
   
  Brown Pelican--1 on pound nets
  Snowy Egret--1
  SANDERLING--2 
  * Jim Stasz spotted these flying away in the distance, and only Dave Powell and I got on them. There was a lack of landmarks behind them to get anyone else on them, which was disappointing.
  Royal Tern--10
   
  Behind Goose Creek Exxon on Rte. 50, where we broke into three groups, Wicomico Co.:
   
  Fine-lined Emerald--1
  Hayhurst's Scallopwing--1
   
  Jim Brighton, Tom Feild, and I continued to the Rte. 335 bridge at Blackwater, Dorchester Co.:
   
  TUNDRA SWAN--1
  AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN--8
  BLACK TERN--1
   
  We drove the Blackwater wildlife drive and encountered another Black Tern, perhaps the same bird, on one of the stakes out on the marsh.
   
  Tanyard Marsh, Caroline Co.:
   
  American Black Duck--4
  Common Moorhen--1
  Lesser Yellowlegs--9 (my county closeout)
  Semipalmated Sandpiper--2
  Least Sandpiper--1
  Laughing Gull--60
  Caspian Tern--6
  Forster's Tern--35
   
  Auction/Grove Agner Rd. x Nagell Rd., Caroline Co.:
   
  UPLAND SANDPIPER--2
  * Thanks to Matt Hafner for pointing us to this perfect habitat. These were my best studies yet, and we got excellent photos of the two birds on the ground and in flight.
   
  Three Bridges Rd., Caroline Co.:
   
  Semipalmated Plover--35
  Killdeer--60
  Horned Lark, Blue Grosbeak, Grasshopper Sparrow
   
  Idyllwild, Caroline Co.:
   
  RT Hummingbird--2
  Eastern Wood-Pewee--2
  Great Crested Flycatcher--1
  Red-eyed Vireo--2
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--3
  Prothonotary Warbler--2
  Ovenbird--2
  Chipping Sparrow--1
  American Copper--3
   
  North Terra Rd., Dorchester Co.:
   
  Red-breasted Nuthatch--1
  BG Gnatcatcher--2
  Eastern Wood-Pewee--1
  Pine Warbler--1
   
  Hurlock STP, Dorchester Co.
   
  Ruddy Duck--10
  Northern Shoveler--1
  Bonaparte's Gull--1 imm.
  BLACK TERN--1
  Lesser Yellowlegs--5
  Semipalmated Sandpiper--5
  Least Sandpiper--50
  WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER--1
  Bobolink--100+
   
  Another great day on the Shore. I'm sure Jim Brighton and I will post photos over the next couple days. 
   
  Have a great week,
   
  Bill
   
  Bill Hubick
  Pasadena, MD
  
  http://www.billhubick.com