Hi Everyone, 
Me and Mom  took a lunch break at Fort Armistead Monday . We sit here once in a while to eat and this is the most excitement weve seen here . 

> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 4:40 PM
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> Location:     Fort Armistead Park
> Observation date:     5/11/09
> Number of species:     22
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> Canada Goose     6
> Mallard     2
> Double-crested Cormorant     5
> Great Blue Heron     1
> Cattle Egret     3  foraging in the grassy area on the right before the entrance of the park
> Glossy Ibis     3  same as Cattle egret 
> Osprey     2
> Red-shouldered Hawk     1  train tracks 
> Killdeer     1   sitting on nest by train tracks 
> Ring-billed Gull     5
> Least Tern     1
> Rock Pigeon     20
> Mourning Dove     10
> Great Crested Flycatcher     2
> Blue Jay     1
> Barn Swallow     10
> Carolina Wren     1
> American Robin     8
> Northern Cardinal     1
> Red-winged Blackbird     5
> Common Grackle     5
> Baltimore Oriole     2  half hour of mom whistling  same place as Cattle egret and ibis . 

Went to Ocean City last weekend to see my band at MR DUCKS and found 20 or so Brant at Skimmer island ( seem to have  missed all the good birds that get reported here. ) and was able to get some very nice photos of 15  Brant (life bird ) at the Inlet rocks . along with 6 Ruddy turnstone 5 Purple Sandpiper , 10 Semipalmated Sandpiper  . Laughing gulls almost sitting on peoples tables at Seacrets Bar. 

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Saundra Byrd 
 
baltimore 
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