Hi Folks!
 
On Sunday I started at Blackwater about 7:30. The Hudsonian Godwits (2)  
were new for my Dorchester County List. At the same location was a immatrue  
American Golden-Plover. From there I wandered east into Wicomico County. 
Walked  the Route 50 Borrow Pit [nothing of note] At Nanticoke River WMA on  
Nutter's Neck Road I found 3 Vesper Sparrows. After that I checked the jetties  
at Cedar Hill Park and Nanticoke [a few Royal Terns but no ducks], After 
there I  headed to  E.A.Vaughn(North) in Worcester, but was disappointed to 
discover  that all of the formerly weedy fields had been mowed and th ere were 
few  sparrows to be found. To end the day, I decided to scan the Atlantic 
at OC  Inlet....this was the best choice I made all weekend:
 
Location:     Ocean  City Inlet 
Observation  date:     10/25/09
Notes:     N5.Overcast.59F.  all jaegers were immatures. One Royal Tern was 
being harrassed by a Parasitic  Jaeger and a Pomarine Jaeger at the same 
time. A group of 3 Pomarines imms. were  playing [short chases like young Bald 
Eagles do]. 

Number of species:     14

dark-winged scoter  sp.     120
Northern Gannet     32
Brown  Pelican     3
Double-crested Cormorant      1
Great Cormorant     1
Ruddy Turnstone      23
Laughing Gull     350
Ring-billed Gull   100
Herring Gull (American)     100
Lesser  Black-backed Gull     1
Great Black-backed Gull   20
Forster's Tern     3
Royal Tern   44
Pomarine Jaeger     4
Parasitic  Jaeger     2

This report was generated automatically by  eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

I camped out and started at dawn at Bayside, Assateague Island. The wind  
was from the easy and there were few birds making the jump. The sole 
highlight  was a calling Hudsonian Godwit flying down the bayside. From Bayside I 
headed to  the Salisbury Landfill. Rather than drive into the landfill right 
away, I  decided to check the birds in the borrow pit just west of the 
landfill. This was  also a good choice because among the many Laughing Gulls was a 
juvenile plumage  LITTLE GULL! A few hours at the landfill yielded no 
California Gull, but there  was a 2nd winter Herring Gull with an almost white 
rump and a solid dark  tail.
 
Well, two days of rain are finally past....I wonder where I will head  
tomorrow.
 
Good Birding!
 
Jim
 
Jim Stasz
North Beach MD