Welcome Back

 More snow dropped in on Southern Maryland overnight.  While the 6 inches or so was a pretty sight and work was cancelled, it still left the driveway to be cleaned.  Since I decided to sleep in, by the time I got to the driveway the snow was packed down and becoming a soggy mess.  Once done, I decided to get out and do a few errands.  After all that, I thought a quick run over the bridge to Solomon's would be a nice place to see a few birds.  I'm so glad that I did! 


Behind Our Lady of the Sea Catholic Church sits a B&B called The Back Creek Inn. They have lots of bushes and trees on and next to the property. In other words, it's the perfect place for song birds.  Today I was blessed with a new sighting for me, and one that is probably incredibly common for many people.  I saw Cedar Waxwings for the first time.  There was one on a huge Holly Tree picking off the red berries, and others that would dart down for a few minutes and take a sip of water on the metal cover over the sewer line.




I thought it was fitting that the blue bird perched on the Welcome sign for the Back Creek Inn.  It almost seemed like he was ready to check in.  Who would blame him with all this snow around.

Cedar Waxwings

Blue Bird

Do you only see the Blue Bird, or the Waxwing as well?

I spent some time in the comfort of my warm truck to sit and watch the birds there for a while.  I also saw some Cardinals and Robins.  There were some Buffleheads in the creek, which is actually Mill Creek.





Then I drove down to the end of the island and only found some Ring Billed Gulls.





I snapped a shot without looking while driving over the Thomas Johnson Bridge and captured this.



All in all, a really nice quick trip and only 15 minutes from home.