Hi Everyone,

On "the way home" from a meeting at UMBC yesterday (10 Aug 2010), I was glad to be able to catch up on some of the recent sightings from PG and Calvert counties.  Fellow county listers: please note that I was working on a summer weekday; well, at least part of the day.  :)

The pond at the Brown Station Rd recycling center (PG Co) continued to host a SNOWY EGRET and several PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.

North Beach (Calvert Co) had 5 TRICOLORED HERONS, 1 GREATER and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, at least 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, over 150 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and a few LEAST SANDPIPERS.  I did NOT see the YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON.

At about 7 pm, many of the North Beach SNOWY EGRETS flew from the marsh to the bay and then flew north up the bayshore into Anne Arundel County.  At 7:10 pm, one of the TRICOLORED HERONS did the same thing.  So, if you can't make it to Swan Harbor during visiting hours, North Beach may be a good bet for getting an AA Co Tricolored Heron.  Four MUTE SWANS swam from Calvert Co into AA Co before I left at about 7:25 pm.

Oh, and I closed out CEDAR WAXWING (#54) in Calvert Co while at North Beach.  Yippee!

Have fun,

Ron Gutberlet
Salisbury, MD
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