Hi All,

Nancy and I tried to re-locate the female Ruff reported yesterday at 
Melitota. No luck but lots of birds around including a huge count of 310 
Killdeer. Also present, or flying over, were 400 Snow Geese, 12 Horned 
larks, and about 8 American Pipits. At Great Oak Pond there were 44 
Green-winged Teal, 2 pintail, 144 Ruddy Ducks, and a pectoral Sandpiper. 
It's a big field and it has a lot of shorebirds in it, albeit only one 
species when we were there this morning. There's a pond across the field 
(with lots of teal, some shovelers, and mallards) where something like a 
Ruff might hang out when it wasn't feeding in the field.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin

23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620

410-778-9568

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