Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 11:47:51 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "J. B. Churchill" Subject: Re: MOS Convention "Best Birds" In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20000522105612.04efbeb0@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Ok then Phil and others, I had a Gray Cheeked Thrush (state bird # 303 for me) at Little Pool (on the C&O canal). Also a Dicksissel in a field off of Orleans Roa= d was pretty cool (a county bird for me). It was seen first by Teresa Simo= ns and myself while scouting on Friday the 19th and again by all field trip attendees on the 20th. It was a lifer for some of the group. At 11:08 AM 5/22/00 -0400, you wrote: >I didn't take notes on this, but we convention-goers should pass on to t= he >birding community (including the "Voice") some of the "best birds" we fo= und >this weekend ... > >Here are a few that I recall ... all are in Maryland ... > >Two SNOWY EGRETS on Saturday (5/20) the Potomac River at the town of San= dy >Hook (Washington County) on George Jett and Gwen Brewer's Washington Cou= nty >Listers Trip. The Yellow Book shows that there are less than 10 records = of >Snowy Egret in Washington County. The birds were not relocated on Sunda= y. > >Killer looks at GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS at Indian Springs WMA (Washington >County) at least on Sunday (5/21) and maybe all three convention days. = We >estimated maybe 4-6 birds total were present. There were also about 8-10 >BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS present (all three days 5/19-21). Good looks at >BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at the same location on Saturday (5/20). > >A STILT SANDPIPER at the "Emmitsburg Lagoon" (aka Harney Road ponds) on >5/20 and 5/21 in Frederick County. Also present were several DUNLIN >(5/19-21) and a WESTERN SANDPIPER on 5/19. I believe a Dowitcher was al= so >reported there on 5/20. > >Others ??? > >Phil > >========================= ========== >Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA > mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com >========================= ========== > >========================= ================================================ >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >========================= ================================================ ======================================================== John B. Churchill, M.S. Home (304) 292-5072 GIS Analyst Work (304) 293-4832 West Virginia University ext. 4456 Natural Resource Analysis Center http://www.nrac.wvu.edu/users/jbc ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================