I put together a short photo essay of the recent work weekend at 
Irish Grove, mostly images of the projects being done, but including 
a list of birds seen.  We had a very good weekend, got several 
projects completed, and amassed a pretty good list of birds, although 
nothing unusual.  If anyone is interested in seeing it, please reply 
off line and I will be happy to send it to you. It is about 1 meg in size.

In terms of bird sightings, I was at the University Research farm 
just west of Salisbury finishing up a project this afternoon when 
Marylee commented about 2 unusual birds flying by overhead.  Turned 
out to be Northern Gannets!  They were flying east to west, 
presumably from the ocean to the bay.  They were about as far from 
water as they can get on Delmarva.  Also, hummingbirds showed up in 
numbers yesterday, a couple weeks late, and are now consuming a half 
pint or so of sugar water a day.

Paul Bystrak

3709 Devonshire Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804
410-572-9950
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