Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 03:40:06 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Greg Miller Subject: What a weekend! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Howdy All! Wow! What a weekend this was! April goes out with a bang. 149 sp. total for the Friday-Sunday with 20 sp. of warblers. Wheeeeeee! This is fun! Friday 4/28 - 114 sp. (St Marys/Calvert counties) St Marys County my yard Yellow Warbler* Great-crested Flycatcher Hollywood Eastern Kingbird* Morgan Rd Worm-eating Warbler* Prothonotary Warbler* Blue-headed Vireo* Swainson's Thrush* Northern Waterthrush* Black-and-white Warbler Ovenbird Red-eyed Vireo White-eyed Vireo Hooded Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush N Parula Pine Warbler Demko Rd Vesper Sparrow Orchard Oriole* (tree with 6 males at once!) Veery* Rose-breasted Grosbeak* Baltimore Oriole* Ruby-throated Hummingbird* Eastern Kingbird Red-eyed Vireo Ovenbird Pine Warbler Blue Grosbeak* Purple Finch Cornfield Harbor Black-bellied Plover (flyover) Pt Lookout Spotted Sandpiper* Seaside Sparrow* Surf Scoter Black Scoter White-eyed Vireo Yellow Warbler Brown Pelican Great-crested Flycatcher Calvert county Calvert Cliffs St Pk Ovenbird Hooded Warbler Pine Warbler Great-crested Flycatcher Wood Thrush Com Yellowthroat Red-eyed Vireo Scarlet Tanager N Parula Yellow-throated Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler White-eyed Vireo Prothonotary Warbler Brown Pelican Spotted Sandpiper Winter Wren Gray-cheeked Thrush* Palm Warbler Summer Tanager* Red-breasted Nuthatch Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-throated Vireo* Flag Ponds Rd (near power lines) Indigo Bunting Prairie Warbler Jefferson Patterson Park Yellow-rumped Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Red-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo N Parula Indigo Bunting Com Yellowthroat North Beach American Bittern Saturday 4/29 - 95 sp. (Baltimore, Harford, Cecil, Kent, Queen Annes, Talbot, Dorchester) Baltimore Liberty Dam Trail (BBC trip) Yellow-throated Warbler N Parula Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler (the most common warbler) Green Heron* Barred Owl Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-billed Cuckoo (probable--making an odd call) Harford Havre de Grace boat ramp Caspian Tern Forster's Tern Cecil Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Kent Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Eastern Kingbird Eastern Neck NWR Snowy Egret Great Egret White-eyed Vireo Great-crested Flycatcher Yellow Warbler Com Yellowthroat Least Tern* Queen Annes Lesser Yellowlegs Talbot Purple Martin Dorchester Com Yellowthroat Great Horned Owl Whip-poor-will* Clapper Rail BLACK RAIL* Marsh Wren Sunday 4/30 - 100 sp. (Dorchester, Caroline, Talbot, Queen Annes, Anne Arundel, Calvert, St Marys) New territory for me (did not do Blackwater NWR proper); explored Egypt Rd, Old Field Rd, Church Creek Rd, Hooper Island Rd, Meekins Neck Rd, and on the other side of the county, North Tara Rd Com Yellowthroat Blue Grosbeak Orchard Oriole Red-eyed Vireo Yellow-rumped Warbler Prothonotary Warbler (Egypt Rd) Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Yellow-breasted Chat Pine Warbler Ovenbird Wild Turkey Black-throated Green Warbler* Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper House Wren N Parula Worm-eating Warbler Prairie Warbler Kentucky Warbler* (North Tara Rd) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (North Tara Rd) Caroline Idylwild WMA Orchard Oriole Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler White-eyed Vireo Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Great-crested Flycatcher Scarlet Tanager Blue-winged Warbler* Summer Tanager Worm-eating Warbler Purple Martin Tanyard (Rt 331, just east of the bridge) Green-winged Teal Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Plover Talbot Easton Sewage Treatment Ponds Great-crested Flycatcher Blue-winged Teal Am Wigeon Bufflehead SORA* (calling) St Marys my yard Orchard Oriole Wood Thrush -Greg Miller Hollywood, MD __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online and get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================