Is it safe to assume you meant AMERICAN Oystercatcher and not BLACK?

-Thanks,
Chris Starling

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Warren Strobel <>wrote:

> Four birders - Warren & Lisa Strobel, Paul Baicich and Lisa Rock - birded
> Ocean City this morning, for some post-Hanna action.
>
>   SKIMMER ISLAND:
>
>    RED KNOT - 3
>    Black Skimmer - 1
>    Tricolored Heron - 3
>    Black Oystercatcher - approx 30
>    Marbled Godwit - 2
>    Willett - 3
>    Black-Bellied Plover - 1
>    Semipalmated Plover - numerous
>   Brown Pelican - 20
>   Royal Tern - numerous
>   Snowy Egret - 1
>   Great Egret - 1
>   Osprey - 1
>
>    OCEAN CITY INLET:  Most of the vagrants brought in by Hanna seem to have
> moved out, but we had a few interesting birds -
>
>    LEAST SANDPIPER - 2
>    Least Tern
>    Ruddy Turnstone - approx 10
>    Caspian Tern - 5+
>   Forster's Tern
>   Sanderling - ++
>
>
>   Good Birding!
>   Warren & Lisa Strobel
>   Annapolis, MD
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