Morning all,

Yesterday my daughter and I rode down to Turner Road in Calvert county 
for the Greater White Fronted Goose, a life bird for us both. A decent 
sized group of Canada geese and gulls were hanging around a wet spot 
just past the horse fencing on the right when we arrived. We hit them 
with bins and scope but struck out on the GWFG. We could tell that up 
ahead the land rolled a little and some birds were hanging our below our 
line of sight in a low spot so we cruised up to check them out. Success! 
We both had a nice look at the bird and tried to digiscope some pictures 
that didn't turn out so well. (I had the wrong camera and there was a 
heat shimmer.) While we were scoping the bird I heard something I didn't 
recognize. I looked and looked but couldn't find the caller. Finally 
three birds flew over making the same sounds. Horned Larks! Another life 
bird for us. I had forgotten about them being there so it was a 
pleasant  surprise. We didn't find pipits but we did see a meadowlark, 
killdeer and plenty of brilliantly colored bluebirds. 

Good birding,
Chris Ordiway
Accokeek, MD
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