In regard to Jeff's Cattle Egrets:  I had a single
flyover Cattle Egret at approximately 8:30 am on
Saturday, at my home in Bowie. It was high and
heading south, so perhaps it's one of the ones that
showed up at the landfill.  I was only able to count
at home because I had to work (Commencement) most of
the day, but Gene and I had a good count at our
little patch.  I'll post our full list later - we
had 50+ species at our home and in the adjacent
Collington Stream Branch Park.  And this morning we
had singing Veeries! (but unfortunately they were
not present on count day).

Marcia

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Marcia Watson
Bowie, MD


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  Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 12:58:43 -0400
  From: Jeff Shenot <>
  Subject: May count - Jug Bay and Upper Marlboro
  area
  To: 
  >Busy weekend left me scrambling to catchup on a
  report to the listserve. Saturday was fantastic
  weather-wise, with great conditions for listening
  to and finding birds (low winds all day). About
  average for overall diversity (~114 species), 'tho
  perhaps a bit low on migrants, given the weather
  and peak of season. I echo Gail M.'s observation
  that it has been an odd migration season, at least
  it seems like that for areas I spend most of my
  time birding in PG county.
  >
  >For this year's May Count, I birded 9.75 hours in
  southern PG county areas primarily around Jug Bay
  (PG only, at my house, Jackson Landing, Selby's
  Landing, and Mt Calvert); and also some in Upper
  Marlboro vicinity (PG Landfill and Melwood Rd).
  >
  >The obvious highlight was the shorebirds ... BEST
  DAY EVER in PG County. There seemed to be a few
  everywhere I looked. PG County is rarely ever good
  for shorebirds, but Saturday was probably as close
  to "good" as it gets here! The tide cycle was
  crucial at Jug Bay, where I was on a boat trip
  with Greg Kearns (plus about 18 others!) from
  about 7-10 am, and had perfect timing for
  shorebirds with low tide for much of the trip. I
  also had many at the Landfill.
  >
  >I tallied 10 species for the day altogether,
  including my all-time PG County high counts for 7
  (!), plus a 2nd best count for 1 other:
  >
  >Killdeer 6
  >Semi-p Plover 9* (new high*; prior high was 7)
  >Spotted Sand 29* (new high*; prior high was 10)
  >Solitary Sand 12 (2nd highest; high is currently
  26)
  >Greater Y-legs 29* (new high*; prior high was 14)
  >Lesser Y-legs 19* (new high*; prior high was 18)
  >Least Sand 69* (new high*; prior high was 56)
  >Semi-p Sand 2
  >Pectoral Sand 27* (new high*; prior high was 22)
  >Dunlin 22* (new high*; prior high was 14)
  >
  >Total 224 shorebird species individuals (also a
  new high for a PG-day count).
  >
  >Also noteworthy were 2 Cattle Egrets, seen at the
  landfill. Uncommon for the count.
  >
  >Cheers!
  >Jeff Shenot
  >Croom MD
  >
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