The Sandhill Crane was still present yesterday evening around 6:45pm. It
was not visible from the road, but was easily visible from the north end of
the cemetery mentioned in Les's post.
Unfortunately, I failed to find either the Golden-winged or Mourning
Warblers at Susquehanna.
Good birding!
Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Les Eastman <les...> wrote:
> There is a Sandhill Crane at
> 2400 Shuresville Road
> Darlington, MD
>
> If you are coming out of Darlington on Shuresville Road going towards
> Conowingo Dam, you will pass a cemetery on the left. The bird is at the
> third house on the left past the cemetery.
>
> It has been there for several days but I just found out about it
> yesterday. Josh Emm spoke to the homeowner and homeowner does not want a
> bunch of people coming for fear of stressing the bird, but slowly driving
> by or taking pictures from the road is certainly acceptable.
>
> Shuresville Road has a speed limit of 30 mph and has a moderate amount of
> traffic but if you are lucky, you can probably stop briefly for a look. The
> bird moves around and may be in the field behind the house if it is not
> visible in the yard. I was there this morning and only saw the bird from
> the neck up in the field behind the house.
>
> Again, DO NOT GO ON THE PROPERTY - Observe from the road.
>
> Les
>
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> The eagle looked down on the river below
> And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell like a stone
> And the big salmon fought but the talons held true
> And he shuddered as the world turned from silver to blue
> Steve Earle
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