Hi All,

The roads were still less than passable on Chesapeake Farms so we 
started our trip at Chesapeake Farms' HQ road and headed eastward 
towards Langford on  Ricaud's Branch Road. We managed to locate 54 
species for the outing till 1:30 PM. At Chesapeake Farms we saw 2 
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS on the HQ road, a Brown Thrasher, 2 Eastern 
Towhees, and a Ruby -crowned Kinglet. Around Langford we had a cock 
RING-NECKED PHEASANT just east of Baker's Lane, 13 bluebirds, 2 Brown 
Thrashers, just one Savannah Sparrow (on MD-446), 6 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS 
(4 on Pentridge Rd & 2 on Langford Rd), and, best, a sub-adult GOLDEN 
EAGLE flying over Pentridge Rd (a Red-taied Hawkl tipped us off by 
flying over to harass it). In Rock Hall we found a single PIED-BILLED 
GREBE in the harbor, 4 Fish Crows (finally reappearing after over a 
month's absence), a Double-crested Cormorant in Gratitude, and 2 
Green-winged Teal and 4 Common Mergansers at Spring Cove Landing. Nice 
to be out on such a sunny and (relatively) warm winter's day.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin

23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620

phone: 410-778-9568

e-mail: rossgull(AT)baybroadband.net

Observing Nature is like unwrapping a big pile of presents every time 
you take a walk.