On Fri afternoon I received a second hand  report by email of a sighting  of 2 Sandhill Cranes  near Church  Hill .   I made  a  trip up to the reported location  arriving by just before  6:30 PM and finding no Cranes  thinking  they must have moved on  .  On Saturday 6 - 19 - 10   Morning  I received  a phone Call  from Bill Hubick a  western shore birder  asking if I had heard about the Cranes  and reported someone had just  seen them that morning  again .  He was just minutes from getting there  and I headed out  again to the location .   When nearing Church Hill   he called me back again saying he had not located them  and was moving on .  I went to the site and did not see them either .  I deciced to bird some near by sites .  At about noon I went back to the reported Crane Site  and then saw two Sandhill Cranes  standing at the edge of the road  under some  trees for shade .  I  was able to get close enough  to get some ok photos without disturbing the birds to much . They were content   untill 10 Min. latter  when a  mail truck  come screaming  down the road  passing me flushing the birds into the corn field  across the road  they ran out of sight   down a  hill . I had just  called Bill  back to let hm know they had reappeared so  called back again to let him know  what had happened .  A 6:30 Pm check yesterday eveing  Sunday  6 - 20 found the two Sandhill  Cranes  feeding in the corn field  close to the road .   If you try  be ready to try several times  .

   Location  north edge  of Church Hill  on Ben's Point road  all the way to the end near a yellow house  and a brick house  located across the field  next to a cove of Southeast Creek . When viewed  the cranes are in the Corn field  near   the yellow  House  and the lane to the Brick House .  Bens Point road is just off Rt 213 . the road is very narrow  so please  do not block it pull off of the road as far as possible  and  there is no need to park in front of the yellow House 


Good Luck to those that search 

Danny Poet
Queenstown , Maryland 
 


 		 	   		  
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