Hi All,

We had to drop one of our  (2) cars off in town for some repairs and I 
came home via Great Oak Pond. The geese are arriving. There were 340 
Canada Geese at the pond and in the surrounding fields, and migrants 
have been spending the night on Mill Creek here at Chesapeake Landing. 
Other waterfowl included 7 Northern Pintail, 2 Northern Shovelers, 140 
Green-winged Teal, and a black duck with the 34 Mallards. The two white 
domestic geese that summered at the pond have been joined by a third, 
the Snow Goose was not there today. There also was a domestic 
greylagXCanada Goose hybrid mixed in with the Canada Geese.

Shorebirds numbered eight species including a RUDDY TURNSTONE (probably 
juvenile), a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 15 STILT SANDPIPERS, 2 SHORT-BILLED 
DOWITCHERS, 30 Lesser Yellowlegs, 14 Pectoral Sandpipers, 7 Semipalmated 
Sandpipers, and 2 Killdeer.

Yesterday we had a Purple Finch in our yard as well as about five 
Red-breasted Nuthatches.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison

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.