Like many other birders, I was lured to the Eastern Shore several 
times in the past few days.  I can add the following to what has 
been reported already:

Friday, August 24, 10:30 - 12 noon
Terrapin Park, QA County

Great Blue Heron - 6
Little Blue Heron - 6 (all immatures)
Great Egret - 1
Bald Eagle - 1 adult (very high overhead)
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Least Sandpiper - several
Eastern Kingbird - 3 or 4 (incl. juveniles)
Cedar Waxwings - 3

Sunday, August 26, 10:00 - 11:30 
Terrapin Park, QA County
(with the rain, the water was deeper in the big pond)

Great Blue Heron - 1
Snowy Egret - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 or 2
Least Sandpiper - 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
Short-billed Dowitcher - 1 juvenile

At one point I had all 4 species of shorebirds in the field of view 
of my scope at the same time, at close range (20x).  To top it 
off, My Husband the Photographer had just cleaned the lenses 
for me.  WOW - it was like looking at pictures in a field guide!!  
That in itself was worth the bridge toll.

Blackwater NWR, Dorchester Co.

at tour stop #3 (by the wildlife blind):
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (flying)
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 2

along Wildlife Drive:
Snowy Egret - 3
Little Blue Heron - 1 immature
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Short-billed Dowitcher - 3

from Rte. 335 bridge:
American White Pelican - 7
Caspian Tern - 2
Black Tern - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1

at 4653 Egypt Road, Dorchester Co.

Blue Grosbeak - 3 (male, female, immature)

Also, I stopped by the Central Sod Farm twice on Sunday: 
around noon - after the rocketeers had left, apparently - and 
at 4:45.  The first time, I found NO BIRDS at all.  By late
afternoon, the Horned Larks had returned.

Still searching for those elusive Upland Sandpipers...


Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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