Hi All,

Happy New Year. I was coming home from a doctor's appointment in town at 
2:30 PM this afternoon and took a swing by Great Oak Pd and Landing (at 
the mouth of Fairlee Creek). At the pond there were two Tundra Swans, 
1000 Canada Geese, 800 Snow Geese (about 6 blues), and one adult ROSS'S 
GOOSE, and a RICHARDSON'S CACKLING GOOSE. At Great Oak Landing there 
were 150 Mallards, 2 black ducks, 4 Green-winged Teal, 19 Common 
Mergansers, and four PIED-BILLED GREBES. On Melitota Rd (MD-298), next 
to the Eve's Cheese Farm, a Killdeer flew over the road. On Elbon Rd in 
Chesapekae Landing there was an adult Red-shouldered Hawk perched at the 
edge of the meadow. We still are hosting at least four Red-breasted 
Nuthatches at our feeder.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison

3460 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.