Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 01:22:03 -0500 Reply-To: bott@erols.com Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Woodcock-pitiful MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After a lovely walk through David Force{ Fox Sparrows, Swamp(1), Field, Song and White Throats ) we waited for the dazzling woodcock display. Just at 1 candlepower the wing-whir started and we held our breaths in anticipation of the courtship dance and............nothing! Our fellow made off for parts unknown. Countable for the year? Yes, but it sure left alot to be desired. Oh well, tomorrow is another day. Bonnie Ott Ellicott city BTW, we saw a Hairy woodpecker go into his evening roost spot- that was a treat! ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================