Hello all.

Anne Arundel County listers, take note:

It started out as a routine day of passerine chasing when I pulled into Brandon 
Woods Fields for a quick look around. The oddness started when I noticed a 
subadult SNOW GOOSE with about 120 Canada Geese foraging in the back 
football field...so I called Bill Hubick and left him a message letting him know.  

No sooner do I turn off my cell phone than I look to my left and see an 
UPLAND SANDPIPER, 10 feet away, on the gravel-edged road.  The bird 
roamed around the gravel and grassy areas, coming as close as 6 feet from 
me. 

After making calls to people and observing it for about 1/2 hour, I finished 
scanning the rest of the fields and found a couple of Killdeer and a BUFF-
BREASTED SP!  I've birded this peninsula hard for years and though this 
particular location is a grassy place, I was pleasantly surprised to see these 
birds in such a post-industrial area. 

Bill Hubick came by and saw 2 Uppies this afternoon. 

The facility is located behind an industrial park.  Take Fort Smallwood Road to 
Energy Parkway to Perryman Court.  The turnoff to Perryman is across from 
M&M Maching Company. The fields have a pair of yellow gates (which are kept 
open) and an AA county parks sign. 

North Arundel represents again!

Matt Grey
Pasadena