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Hi All:
Marcia and I spent from 4:30 am- 8pm in the county on Sat, and ended up
with 123 species, 19 warbler species.  We were well pleased with our
total for the day.
 Best birds of the day:
Elk Neck Forest- Whips
Turkey Point- Cape May Warbler- lifer for Marcia
Bethel WMA- Common Moorhen, Marsh Wren
Courthouse Point- Virginia Rail, and a single male very late American
Wigeon
Puddle on 213 near Elkton-Glossy Ibis
Gunthers Pond- a nice assortment of shorebirds including
American Pipits
Edgar Price Rd- more Pipits, and a Vesper Sparrow that nonchalantly
walked into our field of view while examining the unusual plummage of
the former.  Their backs were a blue-gray colour neither of us had seen
before, as compared to the Gunther group that had the standard drab
coloration.
Octararo Creek Trail- A Willet flying up to perch on some rocks at the
confluence of creek/river.  ( Very unusual county bird for us .)
Funniest moment: Tallying up the checklist while heading home, as I
proclaimed " I can`t believe we didn`t get Kingfisher ,"  what did we
hear but that familiar rattle coming from the roadside creek!!
Worst Whiff:  Prothonatary Warbler, my county nemesis.
Will post numbers soon.
Leslie ( worked today, too tired to do more right now)Fisher
Cecil Co

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