Date: 12/8/12 3:58 pm
From: MICHAEL SPEICHER <jugornought...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Re: Hagerstown Loggerhead Shrike


Hi Tim

Did you also check the dirt mound behind the community center closeby & N of the round-a-bout?� Although the bird�does seem to prefer the mound shown recently�by someone's e-bird map (forget who's), i scored it a couple years ago behind the comm center.

FYI if you are going to be in the area anyway, take the time to check out the Wash County Museum of Fine Art's Civil War exhibit [www.wcmfa.org].� The museum is a GEM & is open every day [incl Sunday 1 to 5]�except Monday.� Admission is free.� Address is 401 Museum Drive, City Park, Hag. MD 21741-0423.� For good eats and German beer on tap, i recommend heading�downtown to the corner of Antietam and Potomac Sts - Schmankerl Stube Bavarian Restaurant [http://schmankerlstube.com/menu/].� Public parking is available on Antietam St very near the intersection w/Potomac.� Finally why not delay your return back to the crowded city with a stopover at a pair of indoor antique malls less than 2 miles from the intersection of I-70 and US 40 (aka Dual Highway in Hagerstown) for some out of the ordinary holiday gifts?�

Jim


----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Carney <timmyc83...>
To: <mdbirding...>
Cc:
Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 5:36 PM
Subject: [MDBirding] Re: Hagerstown Loggerhead Shrike

Despite our very best efforts, we were unable to locate the Loggerhead Shrike. We scoured the entire area for about 1-2 hours this morning, went to grab lunch, came back and tried for another hour. We scoped the entire treeline multiple twice and checked every mockingbird (and there were about 8 of them). Just a heads-up for anyone who is thinking of going.

The longspurs, however, were more cooperative and one actually flew along the road right near the intersection of Oland Road and Buckeystown Pike. Others were in the distance and some perched on the fence in the distance. We noticed that the longspurs and larks were always together, but only the longspurs perched on the fence, whereas the larks perched on exposed cornstalks.

Tim Carney and Co.
Baltimore/Anne Arundel

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