The pond at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center was flush with shorebirds and wading birds yesterday.

The American White Pelican was still present at 10:30 and there was also a pair of American Avocet as well. Over 50 Snowy Egrets, as well as half a dozen Great Egrets and Tri-Colored Herons also were there. There was a mess of pipers, plovers, and  yellowlegs as well, but I was short on time, and expertise, and unable to devote much attention to them. 

The pond is right off the parking lot and well worth the trip to Grasonville.

Paul O'Hearn
Edgewater, MD