Hi Folks,

Nancy and I did some birding after dropping Ian off at a friend's house 
this afternoon. By far the best birds of the outing were 2 ROSS'S GEESE 
among 5000 Snow Geese (31 blues) at Great Oak Pond on the road to Great 
Oak Landing off Handy Pt. Road west of Melitota. These included a white 
morph immature and a rare blue morph adult. The latter was highly 
distinctive because it had had largely white wings, a dark breast and 
neck and only the face white. It also had the small round head, short 
neck, and tiny triangular bill characteristic of Ross's Goose. Other 
waterfowl there included 2 Canvasbacks, 10 Lesser Scaup, and 10 Ruddy 
Ducks.

The fish hatchery pond on Fairlee Creek on Fish Hatchery Rd held 215 
Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Canvasbacks, 3 American Wigeon, a Gadwall, and 24 
Common Mergansers. There were 40 Tundra Swans to the west on Fairlee 
Creek proper. We also relocated the GRAY CATBIRD near Buck Neck Marina 
(in reeds in a ravine) on Buck Neck Road.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin

Chestertown, MD

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


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