Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 16:18:46 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Howard Youth Subject: Re: cliffsters back at Riley's Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" No cliffs at Seneca this afternoon either. Weather has had a chilling effect on birdsong and migrants, that's for sure! Howard Youth Rockville, MD hmyouth@erols.com At 08:10 AM 04/26/2000 EDT, you wrote: >Hi Howard (and all)-- > >I am sure the Cliff Swallows will be at Seneca this year -- they are great >to watch as they zip in and out of the bridge arches -- but it was odd that >they were definitely NOT there Monday. Perhaps they were all out checking on >other real estate in the area ;-) > >Monday there were a lot of swallows flying north over Rock Creek, as well (not >mentioned in my post, sorry ) -- mostly Barns, but we also had a few flocks >of Trees and at least one or two Rough-wings. I also saw a Purple Martin at >Violette's Locks, flying high overhead up the canal. > >The gloomy weather of the next few days (if predictions hold) should result >in a real opening of the migratory floodgates once we get some sunny, southerly >winds! Every woodlot a mini-High Island! > >Cheers, >Gail Mackiernan > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================