Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 18:50:01 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Michael Bowen Subject: recent sightings Comments: To: voice@capaccess.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Here are some recent sightings in both Maryland and (apologies to MDOspre= y, copied on this message) Delaware: April 14 in Caroline County, MD: Adkins Arboretum, Tuckahoe State Park Greater Yellowlegs 20+, Lesser Yellowlegs 2, Pectoral Sandpiper 6, Common Snipe 6 (These shorebirds were seen in a wet field along Eveland Rd., south of Ad= kins.) Louisiana Waterthrush 2, Ovenbird 4, Palm Warbler 3 Martinak State Park Eastern Kingbird 1 (1st of the year for me) Brown Thrasher 5 Osprey 5 (3 nests in view at the same time!) Route 404 east of Denton Laughing Gull - hundreds, along with lesser numbers of Ring-billed April 14 in Delaware: Indian River Inlet, Sussex Co., DE Great Cormorant 1 Oldsquaw 7 Brant 50+ Bufflehead 1 female Red-br. Merganser 8 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Black-cr. Night-heron 2 Mike Bowen Bethesda MD and Dewey Beach DE ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================