Bonanza continues 
They may have moved to North Beach.  - between there and Herrington Harbor swamp lands.
I also counted at one time about 60 snowy egrets and 10 great whites and 6 great blue herons.
They have been around for a week or more but don't  all show up at the same time as often as they did a week ago.  I may have seen a ruddy turnstone with the peeps one morning, but I my first thought that it was a kildeer, binocs not good enuf...

 
 retired in Owings, Md

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From: Jeff Shenot <> 

> I looked for Black Tern at Jug Bay yesterday eve with no luck, but was very 
> surprised to see a large number of herons and egrets, perhaps the most I have 
> seen here at one time. Between 7:20-40, I saw: 
> 
> Great Blue Heron 15 
> Great Egret 18 
> Snowy Egret 1 
> Cattle Egret 2 
> 
> Plus I saw a distant flock of 30+ small egrets at the south end of Jug Bay 
> flying low and down the Patuxent River; Unfortunately I did not see where they 
> came from and only got a brief view. I was unable to identify due to the 
> distance, low light and brief view. I did manage to get two quick counts and 
> got 30 and then 32 birds. My guess (based on my gut feeling only) is that they 
> were Cattle Egrets. I assume the big flock was looking for a place to roost 
> given the time and their altitude. 
> 
> All of the egrets were roosting together except the flock of 30+, and the 2 
> Cattle Egrets. Total was 66 herons and egrets! 
> 
> Regards - Jeff Shenot 
> Croom MD