First off, what happened to the Post To option on the Archives section of 
MDOSPREY?  I was there, and can no longer find it, so am resorting to the 
reply to all e-mail option.

I visited a few Howard County shorebird hotspots this a.m. and enjoyed a 
nice variety

Brown's Bridge

Great Blue Heron  - 1
Green Heron - 1
Killdeer - 46+
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Least Sandpiper - 14
Semi-Palmated Sandpiper - 2
Pectoral Sandpiper - 2

Greenbridge

Great Egret  -1 (MontCo side)
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 (MontCo side)
Ring-billed Gull - 2 (on the gravel bar, guess that's MontCo side)
Caspian Tern -2 (on in air HowCO side, one on gravel bar)

Pigtail -- Still closed, though water level should allow boat launching.

Big Branch -- Good mud, but fair number of people around.

Solitary Sandpiper - 1

Western Regional

Killdeer - 8
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 9


Kurt Schwarz
HowCo