Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 18:32:13 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "J.B. Churchill" Subject: Garrett (Sat) Allegany (Sun) Hi, Migration is not too far behind here in Garrett and Allegany countie= s Yesterday I covered parts of Garrett County from Piney Mountain Hunting a= rea down to the Pleasant Valley area south of Oakland. Highlights were: Tree Swallows at Cranesville Swamp (no Cliffies yet) Brown Thrasher " " " Brown Creeper singing at Piney Mtn Blue Headed Vireo one at Piney Mtn, several at Swallow Falls Eastern Towhee at several spots Common Snipe heard winnowing (sp ?) at Cranesville and three more flushed at Oakland WWTP Purple Finch at Swallow Falls SP and Piney Mountain Pine Siskins at Swallow Falls and Herrington Manor SP's Lots of singing Swamp Sparrows at Cranesville Swamp Ruby Crowned Kinglet at Swallow Falls (county bird for me; how embarrasin= g) Savannah Sparrows singing on Swallow Falls Road south of the SP's Ring-necked Ducks there also ... in a big farm pond Red-headed Woodpeckers (Pleasant Valley Area) Purple Martins Common Loon at Broadford Lake, along w/ Pied Billed and Horned Grebe, a few Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead and Coots still here. Today I walked along the C&O canal at the Town Creek Aquaduct and Paw Paw Tunnel areas. Louisianna Waterthrushes (probably 3 or 4 total) Yellow Throated Warblers Pine Warblers Blue Gray Gnatcatchers Ravens Blue-headed Vireo Northern Rough winged Swallow at the Paw Paw Tunnel entrance Later this afternoon at the bird feeders in Frostburg Barn Swallow flyby Sharp-shinned hawk flyby (causing quite a disturbance) a nice "white striped" White throated Sparrow still a few Juncos hanging around and a pair of PURPLE FINCHES (one male and one female) Good Birding J.B. ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================