I got to go out on the boat again today for work. I counted 24 Northern Gannets in Eastern Bay alone, both flying and on the water, with several more out in the main stem of the Chesapeake itself. I was not expecting them so far up the bay. 

Also saw 80 - 100 Buffleheads, ~ 150 Scoters, mostly Surf with some Blacks mixed in too, 2 Long-tailed Ducks, ~ 20 Common Loons, 3 Tundra Swans, 2 Mute Swans (bay bridge) and at least 6 different Bald Eagles. A handful of Bonaparte's Gulls around but did not encounter any large feeding flocks like yesterday. Had ~ 50 Forster's Terns marauding a pound net off Holland Pt. on the western shore. 

By the way, the Little Gull I saw yesterday was most likely a second cycle bird, not first cycle as I originally posted. This was indicated by the fact it had dusky underwings and some black left in the primaries but not a full black "M" pattern on the back.

Good Birding,

Frank Marenghi
Annapolis, MD
(recently of Dover, DE)


 		 	   		  
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