At Blackwater NWR today I had my FOS Tundra Swans, with a count of 36 total
along the Wildlife Drive. At the end of the Drive I had my FOS Snow Geese
on the Refuge, with 81 total, 70 of which were blue morphs. There were
several Bald Eagles around, but not too many...fewer than 10 probably.
Winds were strong and steady as I walked the trails, keeping it pretty
quiet in terms of passerines.

At the upper bridge to Hooper's Island this afternoon I counted 132 Brown
Pelicans, my life high count. (I'm pretty sure I saw more than that once at
Oregon Inlet on the Outer Banks, but I wasn't counting then.) They were
hanging out on the little pier right off the side of the road, making an
exact count fairly easy. There appeared to be some more at a distance out
over the Bay, but I wasn't able to count these. At one point, most of the
group took flight at once...quite a sight at such close range.

Further down at the lower bridge, I found 8 Common Loons, and my FOS
Buffleheads (a male and female).

I came up empty on ducks of any kind along the Choptank in Cambridge.


-Jake Hall
 Washington, DC

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