I took the day to "catch up" on birds I'd missed before  
this year and

             stopped first to see if any Dickcissels might be hanging  
around on

             Egypt Road, south of Cambridge, especially where they'd

             been seen in previous years - - i.e., on the wires  
opposite that

             ominous sign announcing plans for a planned gigantic

             development ("Duke's Landing").



             Nothing on the way south toward BW-NWR.   On the way back,

             with windows open, I heard the distinctive call, got out  
and

             was able to see one perched atop some second-growth brush

             singing away (and being answered from at least 2 different

             directions.)



             This was ca. 1.1 miles north of the sign, just where the  
grain

             field on the West side end abuts this untilled patch of  
scrub growth.

             Time was about 7:20 AM.



             The rest of my day was beleaguered and bedeviled by winds

             that seemed higher than the 20 - 25 knots announced on  
the radio.



             There were a few highlights, though:



             Piping Plovers north of Assateague State Park Beach

             and a few Least Terns

             (apparently nesting on the Bay Side this year.)



             3+ Red Knots on the flats by Skimmer Island and



             a single sandpiper at the end of the Truit's Ldg road which

             flew in low under the wind and settled down very near,  
showing

             his white rump as he landed.   Luck helps at times.



             Not a bad day to spend in the sunshine.

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