A great day to be out birding was made even better when I discovered an 
alternate (breeding) plumaged Little Gull at Port Tobacco Marina in 
Charles County this evening.  Appears to be the first county record (no 
indication of a record in the Yellow Book or eBird).  It was roosting on 
a sand bar with about 30 Bonaparte's Gulls from about 6 to 6:30 PM.  I 
lost sight of it at 6:30 but did not see it fly away.  It probably just 
flew to an area obscured by salt marsh grasses.  Some record shots here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35716495@N08/sets/72157629453580990/

Also of interest were a pair of Dunlin, and several Caspian Terns.  At 
the nearby Rose Hill Rd. Pond was a Blue-winged Teal together with 
several Gadwall.

Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
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