Hi Everybody,

The Kent County Bird Club will be running an all day trip to the shores 
of Delaware Bay on Sunday, 20 May. We will meet participants at the 
Dollar General parking lot in Chestertown across from the end of Spring 
St. (and between Maple St /MD-213 and Philosopher's Terrace) at 8:00 AM. 
Folks who wish to meet us at Prime Hook or en route should give us as 
call; we can meet participants at the park and ride at the junction of 
MD-404 and U.S. 50 in Wye Mills.

We plan to cover the bay shore from Prime Hook north to Mispillion 
Light. The current forecast for Sunday is mostly cloudy with a 20% 
chance of precipitation and temperatures in the upper 60s. Participants 
should bring along lunch and snacks, rain gear, a jacket, and sun 
screen. We will be a week ahead of the Horseshoe Crab and Shorebirds 
Festival and a day after the Peace, Love, and Horseshoe Crab Festival at 
the DuPont Center at Mispillion Light this year, so we expect smaller 
crowds of people but big crowds of shorebirds and gulls. There were 
numerous Dunlin, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot and 
Laughing Gull reported to eBird last weekend, and numbers will continue 
to build with good migration weather. Coastal birds will also be present 
including Clapper Rail,Willow Flycatcher, Seaside Sparrow, Boat-tailed 
Grackle, Black Skimmer, Snowy Egret, and Tricolored Heron.

We hope to see some of you there.

Good birding,

Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin

23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620

phone: 410-778-9568

e-mail: rossgull(AT)baybroadband.net

Observing Nature is like unwrapping a big pile of presents every time 
you take a walk.

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