Anna Urciolo and I birded Caroline and Wicomico Cos. Saturday before and 
after Kathy Calvert's excellent Frederick Bird Club trip to Tuckahoe SP 
and Adkins Arboretum.  Highlights of our independent birding were:

Caroline:
Cherry Lane: singing VESPER SPARROW (exactly 7 miles east of 
intersection with Crouse Mill Rd.)
Red Bridges Road: KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER
Tanyard Marsh: LOTS of shorebirds.  Did not pick out anything unusual, 
but there were over 50 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 100 LEAST SANDPIPERS, as 
well as a few SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and both YELLOWLEGS.  We also had 
3 LEAST TERNS.  There was probably something else out there but the 
light was bad.

Wicomico:
Ellis Bay WMA/Muddy Hole Road:  LOTS of mosquitoes limited our out of 
car birding.  SUMMER TANAGERS seemed to be everywhere, and it was also 
nice to hear BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES and see PURPLE MARTINS and BLUE 
GROSBEAKS.
Waterview:  one CLAPPER RAIL gave its tick notes repeatedly to close out 
our day.

Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
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