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Happy New Year! Last updated: 12/31/2006

Above and below seven: Maryland's first-ever TROPICAL KINGBIRD, photographed in northern Somerset Co., Maryland (12/31/2006). This Central and South American species is found regularly in southern Texas and southern Arizona, but has rarely been seen on the East Coast.

Below: An adult Bald Eagle at Blackwater NWR, Dorchester Co., Maryland (12/17/2006).

Below two: Ring-billed Gulls at the Ocean City Inlet, adult nonbreeding and first winter plumage, respectively (12/17/2006).

Below: A Hermit Thrush poses at Piscataway Park, Prince George's Co., Maryland (12/10/2006).

Below: A first-winter Herring Gull at the Ocean City Inlet (12/17/2006).

Below: A third-winter Herring Gull at the Ocean City Inlet (12/17/2006).

Below: An adult Tundra Swan at Blackwater NWR, Maryland (12/17/2006).

Below: A first-winter Great Black-backed Gull at the Ocean City Inlet (12/17/2006).

Below two: A first-winter male Common Eider at the Ocean City Inlet (12/17/2006). This young male was hanging out with at least one female on the far side of the jetty.

Below: A Ruddy Turnstone at the Ocean City Inlet (12/17/2006).

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