I did a little birding in Anne Arundel county today. On my way to meet my carpool in Friendship, I detoured through North Beach (nothing going on there) but had a productive stop at Herrington Harbor. Clear weather made for ideal viewing of some gannets diving out on the Bay.

At lunch my friend Karen and I went over to Mayo Beach to see if there were any waterfowl around. There was only one Common Loon there but there was a nice flock of gulls and terns on the rip rapping and fencing there. The Forster's Terns were very vocal and at one point the whole flock of terns and gulls lifted up, for no apparent reason, and flew around then resituated in the same place. Weird. Still, I'm not sure I've ever seen that many Forster's Terns in one place except at Pt. Lookout State Park.

Tyler Bell

California, Maryland



Location:    Herrington Harbor, 8:00-8:15am
Observation date:    11/6/09
Number of species:    7

Canada Goose        150
Mallard               3
NORTHERN GANNET      10
Laughing Gull        25
Ring-billed Gull     15
Herring Gull         15
Great Black-backed Gull    5

Location:    Mayo Beach, 12:15-12:45pm
Observation date:    11/6/09
Number of species:    8

Common Loon           1
Turkey Vulture        2
Laughing Gull         8
Ring-billed Gull      6
Herring Gull          3
Great Black-backed Gull    5
Forster's Tern      200
Carolina Wren         1

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