Hi All,

The Kent County Bird Club will be making our annual winter trek to Ocean 
City on Sunday, 23 January. We will be searching for local specialties 
including sea ducks and other wintering waterfowl, loons, and gulls, and 
shorebirds, featuring Purple Sandpipers, oystercatchers and turnstones. 
We will start the day at Ocean City inlet for sea ducks, loons, gulls, 
rockpipers, and (we fervently hope) alcids. From there we will check the 
coastal bays, and fresh water ponds on the mainland. Our itinerary will 
be further informed by recent sightings from the area.

We will meet local folks traveling with us to the shore at 8:00 AM at 
the Dollar General Store parking lot between Spring St. and 
Philosopher's Terrace. Others wishing to meet us en route may look for 
us at the commuter parking lot at the intersection of US. 50 and MD-404 
near Wye Mills at 8:45 AM. Please give us a call so we can make 
arrangements with with you if you wish to meet us down there or at Ocean 
City. You should bring a lunch, and we suggest wearing layers of warm 
clothing, that can be shed or donned as the need arises; the maritime 
climate, with its onshore breezes and humidity, can make even a mild day 
seem chilly.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin

23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620

phone: 410-778-9568

e-mail: rossgull(AT)baybroadband.net

Observing Nature is like unwrapping a big pile of presents every time 
you take a walk.