Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 20:55:49 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gwen Brewer Subject: eastern shore trip MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit The FSU ornithology class with the assistance of George Jett ventured to = the eastern shore this past weekend, sampling parts of several counties o= n a whirlwind tour May 6 and 7. We, in turn, were sampled by a number of= insects, especially at Irish Grove! We totaled 131 species, many of whi= ch were seen on Saturday May 6. Here are some of the highlights (more de= tails provided on request): a flock of common loons (40+) including several red-throated loons at Ass= ateague brown pelican (Assateague) tricolored (Vaughn WMA, Deal Island), little blue, and black-crowned nigh= t heron (Ocean City) glossy ibis (Vaughn) about 200 Brant (Ocean City- Skimmer Is.) green-winged teal (Elliot Is.) canvasback (vaughn) blue-winged teal (OC ponds) black-necked stilt (Elliot Is.) peregrine falcon pair on hacking tower at Deal Is. n. bobwhite in Dorchester Co. Common moorhen (Tanyard near Easton and Elliot Is.) clapper and Virginia rails calling at Irish Grove American oystercatcher (OC- Skimmer Is.) short-billed dowitcher (Elliot Is., Irish Grove) least tern near bay bridge (Queen Anne side) short-eared owl (Irish Grove) saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow and seaside sparrow (Irish Grove) Baltimore and orchard orioles various places including Vaughn and irish g= rove wild turkeys (3 gobblers) at Henry's Crossing rd. (?) near Blackwater grasshopper sparrow (on the way to Elliot Is.) red-headed woodpecker in Dorchester Co. acadian flycatcher and eastern wood-pewee brown-headed nuthatch (pines along road near Irish Grove) blackburnian warbler (near bridge at OC) yellow-breasted chat (on way to Elliot Is.) blue grosbeak (various, including Irish Grove and Elliot Is. area) also a number of herps- including a 25-year-old box turtle, mud turtle, g= reen tree frog, and water snakes Great weekend for us all! Gwen Brewer ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================