Mikey Lutmerding and I birded the lower shore today.  We worked from
Blackwater area to Ocean City and back.

We started birding in southern Dorchester around 2am.  We spent most our
time in the marshes and were rewarded with many good birds.

Pied-billed Grebe
Green-winged Teal
AMERICAN BITTERN -- 2
LEAST BITTERN -- 2
King Rail
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
BLACK RAIL -- 4 different birds heard
Common Moorhen
BLACK-NECKED STILT -- 4 different birds heard
WILLET -- 2
Horned Owl -- 13
Barred Owl -- 2
BARN OWL -- 2
SHORT-EARED OWL -- 1 heard
SWAINSON"S THRUSH -- 4 flyovers
VEERY -- 2 flyovers
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK -- 1 flyover

We decided to spend dawn in the Nassawango area of Wicomico and Worcester,
mostly working along Bear Swamp Rd and Sturgis Rd.  We saw/heard 15 species
of warblers and many other migrants.

PRAIRIE WARBLER
BLACK-N-WHITE WARBLER
OVENBIRD
CM YELLOWTHROAT
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
WORM-EATING WARBLER
PINE WARBLER
MYRTLE WARBLER
NORTHERN PARULA
AMERICAN REDSTART
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
HOODED WARBLER
KENTUCKY WARBLER

YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
WHITE-EYED VIREO
VEERY
WOOD THRUSH

We then went to Berlin where we found Jim Stasz and JB Churchill already
looking at the White-faced Ibis.  Other highlights present at the Berlin
flooded field on Rt. 113 include,

CATTLE EGRET
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
SOLITARY SANDPIPER

We then traveled to Eagles Nest and scanned the Assateague flats.
Highlights include,

PIPING PLOVER -- 1
RED KNOT -- 1 spotted by Mikey
WHIMBREL --