FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Bridled Terns, Seaside Road, Northampton County, 1 September 2006

[BlkVulture@xxxxxxx]

Hola,
 
I spoke to Ned Brinkley this morning while he was doing some birding in  
driving rain and high wind.  He reports three subadult or adult (not  juvenile) 
Bridled Terns flying over Seaside Road just south of Jones Cove  Road.  He was 
rather astonished that Ernesto had brought some birds.   His other stops 
included Cape Charles Harbor where he had a couple (few?) Black  Terns; a stop 
along 
Arlington Road that had a Sandwich Tern in a field; and a  similar mix of 
shorebirds at the location he reported from yesterday.  The  southern tip of 
the 
Eastern Shore is without power, so Ned isn't able to post  just now.  
 
I'm writing from Holland Point, Maryland, from our house on the bay in  
extreme southeastern Anne Arundel County.  It's light rain here, with winds  
ranging from an estimated 25-35 mph from the northeast and east-northeast, with 
 
gusts a little higher.  Aside from the steady diet of Royal Terns, Laughing  
Gulls, Forster's Terns, and Ring-billed Gulls, I've seen one distant Jaeger, 
two  
or three distant dark-mantled terns, and a few Common Terns. 
 
Cheers, 
 
Todd 
 
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Todd Michael  Day
Jeffersonton, VA,  USA
blkvulture@xxxxxxx
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