Hi Everyone,

Despite the fog, I spent a very enjoyable day between Tilghman Island, Tuckahoe State Park, and stops on Kent Island. Here are some abridged highlights so I can get this out before work:

Black Walnut Point

GREAT CORMORANT--an impressive 17 roosting on the pound nets
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER--2
Expected numbers of Surf Scoters, Northern Gannets, Osprey
(full list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10265219)

Tilghman Back Creek Park

AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER continues.

Tuckahoe SP

LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH--2 singing in Caroline Co.
(Caroline list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10266086)

Route 309 Ponds

BARN SWALLOW--1
Laughing Gull--1
Greater Yellowlegs--1
Lesser Yellowlegs--1
Wilson's Snipe--3
American Pipit--1
Eastern Meadowlark--6

John Brown Road

* Much of the ground is left fallow at this time.
American Pipit--1
Horned Lark--2

Horsehead (CBEC)

Yellow-throated Warbler--2 singing. My first in March.

Bloody Point Bar Light

GREAT CORMORANT--11
RED-THROATED LOON--1
(full list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10267156)

Romancoke

Although expected at this time, an impressive concentration of NORTHERN GANNETs (22) both fishing and loafing on the water.

Blue Heron Golf Course

Wild Turkey--1

Terrapin Nature Park

BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER--1. My first for March and hoped-for target for many stops today!
RUSTY BLACKBIRD--3
(full list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10265504)

TASTY THINGS!

Need to refuel after crossing the Bay Bridge to Kent Island? If you head south on Route 8 immediately after the bridge, there is a BP on your right that is easy to drive past. I raised an eyebrow at the sign that indicated "Gourmet Carry-out" when I walked in. However, they weren't kidding. In this BP is a Gas Station x Whole Foods hybrid, with sandwiches like my Roast Beef and Brie, takeaway items like pesto, flatbreads, and Greek yogurt, and a wine and beer collection featuring Dogfish Head and Flying Dog. On top of this, the staff was friendly and enthusiastic. I will not go hungry on Kent Island again! With all of the development and chain restaurants, I'm happy to support a small local business. Need more reason? The field across from it held HUDSONIAN GODWIT in October 2010, and there are enough cattle to lure in CATTLE EGRETs for a stop. (I still need these, so let me know when they're there!)

Good birding,

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com

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