Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 16:46:56 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Danny Poet Subject: Re: [[MDOSPREY] Lapland Longspur location in Caroline County] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Marshall Iliff wrote: Hello all, I have received several requests for the longspur location near Ridgely i= n Caroline County and am posting it here. On Sunday, 9 Jan 2000, four of u= s had 25 Lapland Longspurs here almost immediately upon arrival. Jim Stasz= , Ryan Lesh and I first found them here in January 1998, and have had good = luck with them here ever since. Some of you may recall the immense field bird= flock at Clark Lane in winter 1995-1996 (included 1500+ Horned LArks, 500= + Snow Buntings, 195+ Lapland Longspurs). This is the same area and undoubtedly the whole area hosts large flocks of these birds on a regular= basis. Below I give directions to the "Sparks Rd. longspur field" and to= "Clarks Lane". SPARKS RD LONGSPUR FIELD- DeLorme Atlas p50-51 b4 (on crease) =46rom Ridgely, Caroline County, go north on Rte. 312 to Mason Bridge Rd.= At Sparks Lane jog left, passing Clarks Lane. Yo9u will pass through some w= oods and then a field area will open up on your right past some houses. Check= for field birds here, but the best area is found by continuing past the small= wood edge on your right into the large expanse of open field. We always = park at the highest point and sit and wait. Often the field birds can be hear= d calling or seen flying around, and with luck they will land nearby. Our success last week was so easy it was amazing. Knowing the longspur calln= otes makes it a lot easier, so bring your tapes. Snow Buntings are annual her= e too, though we did not see them last weekend (we left after getting the longspurs, as it was almost dark). Be alert also for the possibility of other longspur species mixed in... CLARKS LANE - DeLorme Atlas p50-51 b4 (on crease) =46rom Ridgely, Caroline County, go north on Rte. 312 to Mason Bridge Rd.= At Sparks Lane jog left and then make an immediate right on Clarks Lane. Go= od fields open up fairly quickly, but the best area is about 0.2 mi from the= end where it intersects with Cherry Lane. A huge field on the right has a di= rt road heading out into the middle of it, and a white house stands alone wi= th a long straight driveway. In 1995 the field birds were concentrated in thi= s area. To my knowledge, very few people have looked for them here since, = and the best strategy would be the same as for Sparks Lane, standing and wait= ing. Snow Goose flocks in the area also have Ross's Geese (2 on the Denton CBC= ), a Rough-legged Hawk was in nearby Caroline County on the CBC, Short-eared O= wls have occurred in the area in winter, several Merlins were seen nearby on = the CBC. It is a fun area to bird, I think. Best, Marshall Iliff miliff@aol.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Marshall J. Iliff Annapolis, MD miliff@aol.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To unsubscribe send a message to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Hello all = = I Have one correction to marshells directions to the Lapland Longspur field near Ridgely Md. The mason bridge rd Should be mason branc= h Rd =2E The Snow Buntings to my knowledge where there on Jan8,2000.That area= is in the Denton CBC count area that I help to count in . The numbers vary but = every year that I have helped inculding 1995 and since we have seen the Longs= purs and Snow Buntings on the Christmas bird Count. Before 1995 they would get= them on some of the count years and not others. that is a little history of th= e Longspur field. I agree with Marshall that this is a fun birding area. I = look Forward to the day OTHER LONGSPUR SPECIES are found. Good luck to those w= ho go looking for these intersting birds. = = Danny Poet = = = = = = = Danny Poet Queen= town MD = dannypoet@usa.net ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=3D= 1 ================================================================= To unsubscribe send a message to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ==========================================================================================================================================