Bill,
   In my database this is the second highest fall count of Knots for
Maryland following 112 at West Ocean City on Aug. 15, 1964. Highs in recent
decades have been 50 at Ocean City on Sept. 16, 1989 and 50 on Assateague on
Oct. 12, 2002. With so few trips to the coast it's a matter of being in the
right place at the right time to see a large number of Knots. I'm sure it
was a thrilling sight.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Bill Hubick <> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Sunday was another exciting day on the coast! Others have already posted
> about the TOWNSEND'S and CONNECTICUT WARBLERs (thanks!). Congrats, and
> thanks again to Dave Czaplak and Mary Ann Todd for finding the Townsend's!
>
> While birding the ORV/OSV zone with Tom Feild, Geraldine King, and Frode
> Jacobsen, we were treated to an impressive 77 RED KNOTs, overwhelmingly (if
> not all) juveniles. I knew this was a nice count, but Matt Hafner thought
> this might be the highest fall count in Maryland for the last couple
> decades. The highest count in sight simultaneously (and in one photo frame)
> was 62 birds, with smaller flocks of 3, 3, and 9 noted.
>
> Numbers of birds were very low on the island (or at least seemed so under
> the tough conditions), but diversity was high during our hours of beating
> the bushes. Other highlights included WILSON'S WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER,
> CAPE MAY WARBLER, and LEAST FLYCATCHER. We checked many of the Wicomico turf
> farms on the way home and found little of interest except a WHITE-RUMPED at
> Hampshire Road. The awesome puddle on Jersey Road is already all but
> vanished.
>
>
> Here's a flight shot of the Red Knots:
>
> http://www.billhubick.com/images/201109/red_knots_ai_md_20110918_01_large.jpg
>


> Bob Ringler

Eldersburg MD

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