MD Osprey:

Put in six hours of booby watching (come on ... grow up!) at South 
Beach on Assateague Island from 7 am to 1 pm today.

Arrived at the South Beach seawatch platform at 7 am this morning 
(7/28). Was joined soon by Jared of Bethesda for a while; later by 
Mike and Donna Welch of Frederick for a while; later by Jen Elmer of 
Pocomoke, and then by Mike Walsh of Salisbury. Visibility very 
limited early in the morning, but then it lifted/burned off somewhat, 
but remained hazy - visibility was not unlimited. I think the close 
parking lot filled up sometime between 10 and 11 am.

Fairly slow except for lots of Whimbrels (~35) moving south.

At 11:20 Jen picked up an intriguing candidate. I won't steal her 
thunder. She was on for a long time; Mike Walsh had the second 
longest view, and yours truly totally blew it ... by the time I 
picked it up, I went to zoom-in on it and promptly lost it, somehow, 
and then couldn't find it again. I think my look was about 3-5 
seconds and all I could say was that it was a dark sulid, headed away 
a fair distance.

The weather will be more unstable for the rest of the week, into the 
weekend. Good luck!

Phil


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Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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