Hi All,

Nancy and I went to town to do some errands this morning (6 Dec) and 
took a short detour to look at Great Oak Pond and environs. The pond is 
mostly frozen after the last few cold days and hosted one Ruddy Duck and 
a flock of Canada Geese on the ice (plus the two resident white domestic 
geese; now there for over nine months). In the vicinity were 2 American 
Kestrels; over 50 Horned Larks; 20 AMERICAN PIPITS (on the road next to 
the pond); a few Savannah Sparrows; and a single young female SNOW 
BUNTING with 15 Horned Larks just east of Handy Point Road half a mile 
north of the pond. We also still have a few brown Purple Finches and 
three Red-breasted Nuthatches coming to our feeder at home in Chesapeake 
Landing.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin

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

rossgull (at) baybroadband (dot) net

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