Monday, Jane and I went to a friend's beach cottage at Plum Point (south of Chesapeake/North Beach). The weather was so nice and the shark tooth picking was decent. We scanned the Bay waters and noted the usual Long-tailed Ducks (one female was at point blank range in the inlet to the Breezy Point Marina), Buffleheads, about 8 or 9 Surf Scoters some Common Loons and a group of 3 Red-throated Loons. There were also lots of Northern Gannets way out over the channel.
   
  As I worked my way toward the inlet from the cottage, I flushed a very pale bird which flew up circling overhead then landed on the rip-rapping on the other side of the inlet. I got the scope on it and it was a female SNOW BUNTING. I called to Jane but by the time she got there, it had disappeared either below the rocks or had flown further away. We tried to relocate it for about 30 minutes without luck. I've been skunked on Snow Buntings in Calvert when they've been reported near the Cove Point Lighthouse or at Flag Ponds so this was a county bird for me. Likely the last one for the year.


Tyler

Tyler Bell

California, Maryland
       
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