I birded Worcester County (and some Wicomico) with my brothers Mike and Tom on Saturday. It was a little on the hot side, but you'd be nitpicking if you complained about the weather. We weren't trying to get a good overall species total, just trying to see good birds, but we ended up with 115 species at the end of the day.

The RUFF that Ron Gutberlet found on April 17th continues on Timmons Rd. Pond.

Some of the highlights:

Pike Lane, Worcester:
Wild Turkey - 2

Vaughn Central, Worcester:
Virginia Rail - 1
Clapper Rail - 2
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1
Summer Tanager -2
Saltmarsh Sparrow - 2

Timmons Rd Pond, Worcester:
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Semipalmated Plover - 5
Spotted Sandpiper - 10
Greater Yellowlegs - 250
Lesser Yellowlegs - 50
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2
Least Sandpiper - 100
Dunlin - 1
RUFF - 1 (lifer for all of us; thanks Ron)
Short-billed Dowitcher - 2

Skimmer Island:
Black-crowned Night-heron - 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2
Brown Pelican - 3

Assateague North:
Tricolored Heron - 3
Piping Plover - 2 (lifer for all of us)

Laws Road, Wicomico County:
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1

Bear Swamp Rd, Wicomico County:
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
Prothonotary Warbler - 1
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1

Colbourne Mill Rd, Worcester County:
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Northern Parula - 1
American Redstart - 2
Prothonotary Warbler - 3
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 2
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
Kentucky Warbler - 1
Summer Tanager - 2

Mt. Olive Church Rd., Worcester County:
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Northern Parula - 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 4
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1

Robert Ostrowski
Crofton, MD