Hi all,

I just wanted to send out a quick post of some birds I saw today at Jug
Bay.  The highlights were the CACKLING GEESE, DUNLIN, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and
good numbers of WILSON'S SNIPE.

Photos of the Cackling geese canbe seen at-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeycerw/

Location:     Jug Bay--AA Co. Near Danny's Bucket
Observation date:     12/18/09
Notes:     Photos of the LEYE,DUNL, and 4 CACG, the snipe were all out on a
mudflat (tide was extremely low) this is Danny Bystrak's reliable spot for
his daily snipe!
Number of species:     44

Cackling Goose     4
Canada Goose     375
Tundra Swan     20
Wood Duck     1
American Black Duck     30
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)     3
Mallard     12
Green-winged Teal     5
Bufflehead     2
Hooded Merganser     3
Common Merganser     5
Ruddy Duck     7
Great Blue Heron     3
Killdeer     10
Lesser Yellowlegs     1
Dunlin     1
Wilson's Snipe     21
Ring-billed Gull     24
Herring Gull     3
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     2
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Blue Jay     3
Fish Crow     2
crow sp.     6
Carolina Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
Carolina Wren     2
Winter Wren     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     1
Eastern Bluebird     5
Hermit Thrush     2
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
Eastern Towhee     2
Song Sparrow     5
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     10
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     4
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     3
American Goldfinch     2

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

Good Birding!
Mikey Lutmerding
Croom, MD