Hi All,

Nancy and I were at the viewing platform at the end of the Tubby Cove 
Boardwalk from 6:35 AM to 3:05 PM today (11 Oct '09). We had 70 species, 
a new record for us. We had 15 waterfowl species including 7 Blue-winged 
Teal, 4 shovelers, both scaup, 9 American Wigeon, a Cackling Goose 
(Richardson's), 2 Gadwall, and, the highlight of the day, a single BRANT 
with the Canada Geese for the last two hours at the mouths of 
Calfpasture and Tubby coves. We had 11 raptors species (counting 
vultures as raptors) including 18 Sharp-shinned Hawks, a Red-shouldered 
Hawk, 2 late immature Broad-winged Hawks, 5 Osprey (non-locals), and 11 
Bald Eagles (one immature neatly pirated a fish from a Caspian Tern 
catching the falling prize in the air). We also had a late Spotted 
Sandpiper, and 2 Royal Terns. Four Brown-headed Nuthatches put on a 
great show for about an hour from 10:45 to noon, caching seeds in 
neighboring pines. The complete list from our e-bird submission is 
appended.

Good birding,

Nancy Martin & Walter Ellison

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.

Number of species:     70

Brant (Atlantic)     1
Cackling Goose (Richardson's)     1
Canada Goose     1200
Mute Swan     3
Wood Duck     4
Gadwall     2
American Wigeon     9
American Black Duck     90
Mallard     30
Blue-winged Teal     7
Northern Shoveler     4
Northern Pintail     9
Green-winged Teal (American)     10
Greater Scaup     13
Lesser Scaup     1
Double-crested Cormorant     60
Great Blue Heron     8
Black Vulture     19
Turkey Vulture     48
Osprey     5
Bald Eagle     11
Northern Harrier     1
Sharp-shinned Hawk     18
Cooper's Hawk     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Broad-winged Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)     3
American Kestrel     1
Killdeer     2
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Lesser Yellowlegs     1
Laughing Gull     60
Ring-billed Gull     30
Herring Gull (American)     24
Great Black-backed Gull     6
Caspian Tern     3
Forster's Tern     15
Royal Tern     2
Mourning Dove     6
Great Horned Owl     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     14
Blue Jay     88
American Crow     10
Fish Crow     1
Horned Lark     6
Tree Swallow     100
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     2
Brown-headed Nuthatch     4
Carolina Wren     4
Golden-crowned Kinglet     2
Eastern Bluebird     2
American Robin     4
Northern Mockingbird     6
European Starling     19
Magnolia Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     12
Pine Warbler     1
Palm Warbler (Western)     2
Palm Warbler (Yellow)     4
Eastern Towhee     2
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)     2
Song Sparrow     10
Swamp Sparrow     4
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     80
Eastern Meadowlark     2
American Goldfinch     2