I birded around Ocean City, Assateague Is., and Blackwater NWR last
Friday. Few unexpected appearances and fewer migrants than expected.

Along Rt.50 in Wicomico Co.:
Wild Turkey -- 9

OC Inlet:
American Black Duck -- 6
Long-tailed Duck -- 30
Surf Scoter -- 100+
Brant -- 50+
Northern Gannet -- 40+
Common Loon -- 15
Red-throated Loon -- 25
Horned Grebe -- 30

Skimmer Island:
Brant -- 300+
Lesser Black-backed Gull -- 1 3rd cy.
American Oystercatcher -- 8

West OC Pond:
Black-crowned Night-Heron -- 4 ad.
Gadwall -- 5
Northern Shoveler -- 50+
Green-winged Teal -- 30+
Bald Eagle -- 1
Red-tailed Hawk -- 1

Assateague Island (State Park Area):
Great Egret -- 2
Osprey -- 2
Northern Flicker -- 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler -- 200+

Blackwater NWR (Wildlife Drive):
Tundra Swan -- 50+
Bald Eagle -- 6
Red-tailed Hawk -- 3
American Kestrel -- 4
Greater Yellowlegs -- 15
Lesser Yellowlegs -- 10
Dunlin -- 40
Tree Swallow -- 10
Golden-crowned Kinglet -- 6+
Brown Creeper -- 2
Pine Warbler -- 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler -- 3

Blackwater NWR (Shorter's Wharf Rd./Maple Dam Rd.):
Common Merganser -- 2
Am. Black Duck -- 10
Mallard -- 20
Green-winged Teal -- 2
Mute Swan -- 2
Great Egret -- 1
American White Pelican -- 7 flying in from S. heading toward Blackwater
River/Wildlife drive
Bald Eagle -- 5
Northern Harrier -- 4
Osprey -- 3
Red-tailed Hawk -- 1
Virginia Rail -- 3
Greater Yellowlegs -- 12
Lesser Yellowlegs -- 4
Dunlin -- 30
Forster's Tern -- 15
Brown-headed Nuthatch -- 7
Pine Warbler -- 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler -- 20
Swamp Sparrow -- 5
Savannah Sparrow -- 8

Cambridge Waterfront:
Lesser Scaup -- 100+
Canvasback -- 300+
Surf Scaup -- 100+
Horned Grebe -- 2
Double-crested Cormorant -- 10
Great Blue Heron -- 1
Laughing Gull -- 1

Good birding!

Frode Jacobsen
Baltimore, MD