I set the alarm for 3:30 and made my way down to Bayside for an
absolutely beautiful morning flight on the shore.  The winds were
slight, and most passerines only stopped (if at all) for a moment
before making the jump to the mainland.  I was the only person out
there, so counting was tricky and most numbers are best estimates.  I
did, however, take extra care tallying the morning heron/egret flight.
After a very brief visit to the beach near the entrance to the ORV
zone, I checked out the Life of the Forest trail and then made my way
to the Murray Sod Farm in N Worcester.  I also hit the sod farm on Log
Cabin Road before making my way home.  I do love election days.

Location:     Assateague I. NS--Bayside
Observation date:     9/14/10
Notes:     Gull-billed Tern flew North directly over the beach parking
lot, offering clear views.  The White Ibis were, all three immatures,
feeding with the many herons and egrets in the marsh behind the
campgrounds (scoped from the B section).
Number of species:     50

Pied-billed Grebe     1
Brown Pelican     1
Double-crested Cormorant     12
AMERICAN BITTERN     1 (took part in the morning heron flight, flying
Northeast over the parking lot)
Great Blue Heron     4
Great Egret     48
Little Blue Heron     33
Tricolored Heron     28
WHITE IBIS     3 (not observed during the morning flight, but found
foraging later in the AM with the other waders)
Black Vulture     1 (drinking water from the campground water source)
Osprey     3
Merlin     1
Black-bellied Plover     1
American Oystercatcher     2
Ruddy Turnstone     1
Semipalmated Sandpiper     2
Laughing Gull     250
Ring-billed Gull     55
Herring Gull     13
GULL-BILLED TERN     1
Caspian Tern     7
Common Tern     8
Forster's Tern     3
Royal Tern     29
Mourning Dove     3
Downy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Kingbird     1
White-eyed Vireo     1
Fish Crow     5
Carolina Wren     11
House Wren     4
Gray Catbird     23
Northern Mockingbird     14
Brown Thrasher     25 (conservative estimate)
European Starling     550
Cedar Waxwing     15
Yellow Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     5
Cape May Warbler     1
Black-throated Green Warbler     4
Pine Warbler     2
Palm Warbler     1 (yellow)
Blackpoll Warbler     1
American Redstart     18
warbler sp.     25
Summer Tanager     1
Scarlet Tanager     2
Northern Cardinal     13
Red-winged Blackbird     28
Boat-tailed Grackle     22
Baltimore Oriole     12

Location:     Assateague Island National Seashore
Observation date:     9/14/10
Number of species:     11

Double-crested Cormorant     12
Bald Eagle     1
Willet     2
Sanderling     5
Laughing Gull     19
Ring-billed Gull     7
Herring Gull     1
Great Black-backed Gull     5
Royal Tern     5
Red-winged Blackbird     3
Boat-tailed Grackle     2

Location:     Assateague I. NS--Life of the Forest
Observation date:     9/14/10
Number of species:     15

Clapper Rail     1
Caspian Tern     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Red-eyed Vireo     1
Carolina Chickadee     4
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     3
Swainson's Thrush     1
Pine Warbler     3
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Baltimore Oriole     2
American Goldfinch     1

Location:     Murray Sod Farm
Observation date:     9/14/10
Notes:     All but two of the distant plovers showed dark rumps in
flight. There was one probable Baird's Sand in the mix.  It looked
like a Pectoral, but with a smudgy breast with no distinct demarkation
line.
Number of species:     11

Black Vulture     2
Turkey Vulture     5
Black-bellied Plover     2
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER     9
Semipalmated Plover     8
Killdeer     9
Pectoral Sandpiper     2
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER     6
American Crow     7
Tree Swallow     1
Brown-headed Cowbird     55

Location:     Log Cabin Road - Wicomico
Observation date:     9/14/10
Notes:     The Buffies have landed!  Three more here this afternoon
made 9 total for the day. I did not observe the American Golden Plover
reported by Sam and Carol.  All of the shorebirds were on the western
edge of this farm.
Number of species:     8

Turkey Vulture     1
Semipalmated Plover     10
Killdeer     19
Least Sandpiper     1
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER     1  (foraging alongside one of the Buffies.
Smudgy breast, long primary extension)
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER     3
American Crow     45
Horned Lark     15

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

On the way home,  I stopped at the Northbound parking lot in Cambridge
for the fishing pier (old bridge).  There I greeted one Peregrine
Falcon on her regular perch at the tallest portion of the middle of
the bridge.  For any falcon enthusiasts, if you're up for a walk, one
can travel to the end of this pier / bridge and get some fairly
up-close viewing of this bird in it's regular spot.

Good Birding,

Dan
West Annapolis, MD