Hi everyone,

I was able to get out of work in time to chase the Common Mergansers
found earlier in the day by Jim Stasz at Shelltown Landing in Somerset
County.  I arrived around 5:00pm and observed a male and female Common
Merganser feeding next to the docks south of the landing on the
Somerset side of the river.  Other birds present included Lesser
Scaup, Bufflehead, and a Ruddy Duck.  On Wright's Corner Rd there were
two American Woodcock feeding along the road edge.  125 Snow Geese
were also seen feeding in a field on Shelltown Rd. north of the
landing.  This is the largest concentration of Snow Geese I have seen
in Somerset County.  Once again I would like to thank Jim Stasz for
finding the mergs and getting me a much desired county closeout.

Jim Brighton
Easton, MD