Hi All,

A visit to Great Oak Pond this evening produced seven shorebird and at 
least seven waterfowl species. The Tundra Swan is no longer there, but 
the Canvasback continues, also present were a single adult SNOW GOOSE 
(the first of thousands), Blue-winged teal and Northern Shovelers. 
Shorebirds included 12 STILT SANDPIPERS, 13 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 
Semiplamated Plovers, 16 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 30 Lesser Yellowlegs, 
1 Killdeer, and 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Migration has been slow in 
our yard at Chesapeake Landing although there were at least 6 
Red-breasted Nuthatches there today, and we still have at least one 
hummingbird. We also had 17 butterfly species in our yard over the last 
two days including a very late-flying summer azure, a tattered great 
spangled fritillary, our first variegated fritillary of the summer (too 
dry for them?), and a buckeye (rare at our butterfly-bushes).

Good birding,

Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin

23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-9568

rossgull (at) baybroadband.net

Observing Nature is like unwrapping a big pile of presents every time 
you take a walk.