Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 05:39:32 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Greg Miller Subject: St Marys Co birds 5/9-10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Howdy All! I was out early yesterday (5/9). I spent 15 minutes in the yard (5:45-6:00am) and then drove to Pt Lookout where I birded from 6:45-7:30am. With an hour of birding time, I had a total of 87 species for the morning! How exciting! I spent 45 minutes (6:45-7:30am) between the point and Ft Lincoln this morning. Though very windy (25-30mph winds), I found birding to be quite productive. 2 Cape May Warbler (singing near the Civil War monument & Ft Lincoln) 2 Hooded Warbler (monument & Ft Lincoln) 9 Pine Warbler (everywhere) 4 Com Yellowthroat (point & Ft Lincoln) 1 Northern Waterthrush (Ft Lincoln) 1 Yellow Warbler (Ft Lincoln) 2 Magnolia Warbler (Ft Lincoln) 1 Blue-winged Warbler (Ft Lincoln) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Ft Lincoln) 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Ft Lincoln) 1 Black-and-white Warbler (Ft Lincoln) 1 Black-bellied Plover (beach on Potomac side between point and picnic area) 2 Greater Yellowlegs (ponds at point) 1 Lesser Yellowlegs (ponds at point) 1 Solitary Sandpiper (ponds at point) 1 House Wren (point) 1 Baltimore Oriole (Ft Lincoln) 1 Veery (Ft Lincoln) I went out to Pt Lookout again last night after work, hoping to pick up some of the birds I'd missed (Patty Craig had gone later in the morning and had Tennessee Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Cerulean Warbler). Last night was the dregs compared to the morning. Only 5 warblers (yellowthroat, pine, redstart, b-t blue, parula), and plenty of ticks and mosquitos. I spent some time at dusk at Cornfield Harbor, but with no birds at all. I drove up to the St Marys County airport and cruised Airport View Dr and Hayden Dr listening for night birds. I counted 8 calling Chucks, but no Whips or Nighthawks. This morning (5/10), I birded the Red Trail at Greenwell St Pk. It was slow, but a couple good birds were present. I found a Gray-cheeked Thrush (near the cut pines) and a singing Mourning Warbler in the tangles behind the old, abandoned house. Of interest was a Mockingbird doing a great impression of an Alder Flycatcher! I wonder where it learned *that* call... This Mocker is in the primary growth field southeast of the abandoned house. -Greg Miller Hollywood, MD __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & 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 ========================================================================= ===========================================================================