Stopped by Black Walnut Point on the way back from the Rarity Roundup.  
Was quite surprised to find 21 Great Cormorants (together with 27 
Double-crested Cormorants) perched on the pilings out in the bay.  All 
the birds were adults showing a white throat.  This is an all-time eBird 
high count for the state (previous high count was 13 in 2003).  Don't 
know why they showed up all of a sudden.  Maybe the sustained winds of 
the last couple days dislocated them from a usual roost farther out in 
the bay.  Good to see in any event.  Felt as though I was back in 
Massachusetts.  Other birds of interest were Northern Gannets, 
Long-tailed Ducks, 66 Brown Pelicans, and Surf Scoters.

Also stopped by Tanyard Marsh in Caroline county briefly.  There were 
two Bonaparte's Gulls roosting with Laughing and the other common gulls 
on the flats.  These are the first of season for Caroline on eBird.  
Also saw one of the continuing Black-bellied Plovers, as well as many 
Wilson's Snipe, Dunlin, three Greater Yellowlegs, hundreds of Killdeer, 
a few Forster's Terns, and several Green-winged Teal.


Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland

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