Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 07:44:42 -0500 Reply-To: tjharten@concentric.net Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Thomas Harten Subject: Southern Frederick Birding MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01BF5F2C.6265C620" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BF5F2C.6265C620 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I took a run over to the Lilypons area yesterday. My primary quarry = were the previously reported Northern Shrikes. Despite stopping for = every distant mockingbird along the road (many more than I would have = expected), not a shrike in the bunch. Is anyone in the area still seeing them? =20 Numerous sparrows at Lilypons included Swamp, Song, Am. Tree, = White-throated and Field. A beautiful adult R-S Hawk perched near the = parking lot throughout the day. The winds were pretty stiff throughout most of the day, so many of the = open country birds were laying low. Along Cap Stine Rd., I did have = great views of a Merlin that, in spite of the winds, captured a small = bird and calmly picked it apart about 20 yards from my vehicle.=20 Good birding! Tom Harten Croom=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BF5F2C.6265C620 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I took a run over to the Lilypons = area=20 yesterday. My primary quarry were the previously reported Northern = Shrikes. Despite stopping for every distant mockingbird along the = road=20 (many more than I would have expected), not a shrike in the = bunch.

Is anyone in the area still seeing = them? =20

Numerous sparrows at Lilypons included Swamp, Song, = Am. Tree,=20 White-throated and Field. A beautiful adult R-S Hawk perched near = the=20 parking lot throughout the day.

The winds were pretty stiff = throughout most of=20 the day, so many of the open country birds were laying low. Along = Cap=20 Stine Rd., I did have great views of a Merlin that, in spite = of the=20 winds, captured a small bird and calmly picked it apart about 20 yards = from my=20 vehicle.

Good birding!

Tom Harten

Croom

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