Hi All,

Nancy and I were coming back from Chestertown for lunch at home and 
decided to check Great Oak Pond after noticing the unusual presence of 6 
Forster's Terns cruising over a pond near the corner of Flatland and 
Melitota Rds. It was kind of wet and lacking in waterfowl and most land 
birds at Great Oak Pd, but quality trumps quantity some days. There was 
a Black Tern in first-winter plumage plying the pond on deep wingbeats 
among the five swallow species present including 16 latish Purple 
Martins and 2 Bank Swallows. We also noted a flying Great Egret near the 
corner of Mary Morris Rd this morning.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin

23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-9568

rossgull (at) baybroadband.net

Observing Nature is like unwrapping a big pile of presents every time 
you take a walk.