Around 4:30 this afternoon I stopped by the Central Sod Farm on 
John Brown Road in Queen Anne's County, for my second try of the 
day for the Whimbrel that was seen yesterday.  As I was scanning 
the last field on the right (west) side of the road, I was astonished to 
see a pair of phalaropes swimming in one of the rain pools.  A minute 
or two later, Danny Poet arrived on the scene.  We decided that they 
were indeed RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.  A life bird for me, in fact.  
Awesome!  Also present were scores of Killdeer, many yellowlegs of 
both species, a few Least Sandpipers, 2 or 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, 
and many Horned Larks.  This morning Fred Fallon and I also had a 
Solitary Sandpiper close to the road.

Runner-up for bird of the day was the SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER 
on Rte. 313 north of Sudlersville.  I arrived at the location just 
before 1:00 and found the bird waiting for me - perched on the 
thinnest of the power lines on the west side of the road.  It was 
between the first and second telephone poles south of the house 
with the produce stand (1421 Millington Road).  I watched it for 
about 20 minutes, as it preened and left its perch once to catch 
some kind of large insect.

Earlier this morning I made a brief stop at Chesapeake Bay 
Environmental Center (CBEC) in Grasonville, where I saw a 
TRICOLORED HERON among the Snowy Egrets.

Good birding!     

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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