Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 16:22:22 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: May Count and...Cicada? Hi all -- Barry and I did upper Sligo Creek Park (north of University Blvd.) for ou= r May Count -- a site I have counted for about 14 years now. It was, as on= e might have expected, hot and slow... There was very little evidence of migration, and although species number (60) was equivalent to other years= , the numbers of individuals was down on the neotropical end. Nevertheless we s= aw 14 species of warbler, the most numerous being Blackpoll (12), Yellowrump= ed (8) and Magnolia (4). Many birds were females -- Canada, Blackburnian, Pa= rula, for example -- and the males stopped singing early. There seemed to be a = lot of Veeries on territory and they were lovely to hear. The most interesting observation was that of a 17-Year-type cicada. Now t= he last big irruption of these cicadas was 1987, and so this guy is either e= arly or one of a smaller brood (or a 13-year type, but I didn't know there wer= e any of this type in the DC area). I have lived next to this park since 1972 a= nd can't recall seeing this type of cicada except in 1987. Anyone have any thoughts? 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 ========================================================================= ===========================================================================