Yes, Calvert County has some great places to visit.  One more that I
rather enjoy comes to mind: Kings Landing Park.   Of course, there is
always Calvert Cliffs and Solomon's Island too.

Good Birding,

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD

http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Sue Hamilton <> wrote:
> Calvert County resident checking in.
>
>   1.  -- Flag Ponds Nature Park.-- hike to the beach -- sometimes good offshore birding -- Bonaparte's Gulls and Buffleheads, etc.
>   Keep an eye out for shorebirds--some small ponds to the north --and on your way back up take the Duncan Pond trail to the blind for fresh water ducks (altho there'll probably be buffleheads there too).
>
>   2.  On your way south to Flag Ponds on Route 4, visit Battle Creek Nature Center to see the feeder/water garden birds and speak to a naturalist.
>
>   3.  Stop in North Beach for the marshes and the access roads to the water, from which flocks of ducks can easily be seen.
>
>   Go to www.geocities.com/smdaudubon/hotspots.html
>
>
>
>  Ronald Gutberlet <> wrote:
>   Hi Everyone,
>
>  My wife Carol and I have recently moved back to Maryland after living
>  in Texas for the past 16 years. Since returning, we have joined the
>  Tri-County Bird Club and MOS, and I signed onto MDOSPREY a little over a
>  month ago. We've really appreciated the great information and the
>  friendly birders we've met so far. It feels good to be home!
>
>  We've come up with a little game to try to get up to speed on
>  Maryland birding and to put a little play into our spring break. (Carol
>  unfortunately will miss the first part owing to her school schedule, but
>  will join in for the rest). Between 15 and 23 March, we're going to
>  attempt to bird in every MD county. And for kicks, we've set
>  ourselves the challenge of 1000 total ticks for these nine days of
>  birding. We have birded in fewer than half of MD's counties so far,
>  but I hope that this big week will produce a few of those "county
>  close-outs" that we've been hearing about.
>
>  So we're writing for a little help. If you have a favorite birding
>  spot in your home county, we'd love to hear about it. If you'd like
>  to reply off-list, we'll be happy to post a summary of the responses.
>  We have Claudia Wilds' book Finding Birds in the National Capital
>  Area, The Baltimore Bird Club's A Birder's Guide to Baltimore and
>  Baltimore County, Maryland, and a Maryland/Delaware DeLorme Atlas.
>
>  We will keep the list updated about our progress during the week—the
>  Home Again Tour we're calling it—and will be sure to post any
>  sightings that may be of general interest. We will also be submitting
>  all of our observations to eBird.
>
>  Thanks for any help you can offer! Have fun,
>
>  Ron Gutberlet
>  Salisbury, MD
>
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