I spent most of today in Delaware, mainly Prime Hook and Indian River
Inlet and also found a Dovekie foraging some distance out from the North
jetty. Other birds of note were 75,000 Snow Geese, Nelson's Gull, Western
SPs, Semi-palm. Plovers, Black-bellied Plovers, Clay-colored Sparrow, and
Am. Tree Sparrows at the refuge, and 6 Common Eiders and 7 Great
Cormorants at the Inlet.

On my return home, I went down Elliott Is. Rd in search of SEOWs, but had
to settle for a Virginia Rail, three Marsh Wrens, three Black-crowned
Night-Herons, and a fresh road-killed red morph Eastern Screech-owl.

Frode Jacobsen
Ten Hills, Baltimore


>
>  the bay on the near side of the far jetty in the inlet at about mid
> Morning . It went close but not to close the Rt 50 bridge viewed from
> behind the Oceanic Hotel but  across the other side of the bay . When I
> first saw the bird it was half way through the inlet . Noticing how small
> it was compared to both species of Loons around Common and RedThroated
> and the Harlequin Ducks presant on the rocks near by. My first impression
> was an Alcid but too small for a Razorbill , it had a small bill and was
> chunky looking The little fella would dive under resurface floating on
> diving again. It was colored a black and white . while I was the first to
> locate it in our group I was able to get the others on the bird . It was
> a Life Bird for me as well as some others in the group . But others who
> have seen them before concured with all presant including two men not in
> our group who seen the bird at the mouth of the Inlet  most of way
> through that it was a Dovkie . It could be the same bird as seen on the
> CBC there in Dec . Good luck to those that go there keep your eyes peeled
> for it and Report to Maryland Osprey seen or not seen . It might be hurt
> it had its wings hung out to its side while it was on the water surface
> some of the time while in sight .
>
> observers
>
> Danny Poet
> Walter Ellison with several members of the Kent County Bird Club
>
>
> Happy Birding
> Danny Poet
> Queenstown , Md
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