This morning Stacy Epperson spent the morning kayaking on Island Creek and Granny Finley Branch south of Chestertown.   We put in at the closed bridge on Island Creek Road and paddle south about 2 tenths of a mile where we heard 3 Least Bitterns counter calling at about 7:30 AM.  
The habitat was mostly undisturbed native marsh with mature forest along some of the shoreline.  We did not see any other boats or people on our very pleasant 5 hour paddle.  

Here is a complete bird list:
 
Number of species: 42
 
Wood Duck 16
Mallard 5
Least Bittern 3
Great Blue Heron 7
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 5
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 15
Purple Martin 4
Barn Swallow 42
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 2
Marsh Wren 4
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 2
Common Yellowthroat 9
Chipping Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 12
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Common Grackle 16
American Goldfinch 4