Date:         Sun, 2 Jul 2000 08:09:47 -0700
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From:         Charlie <cmmbirds@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Fort Frederick
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Hi Folks,

Stopped to check out the fort for the first time
on Friday, enroute to a great paddling day on the
Shenandoah.

Historical trip turned biological, as right at
the parking lot I had a Yellow-billed Cuckoo
about 10 feet off the ground.

Several Prothonatory Warblers were # 216 for MD
for me this year.  I'd had them in South Carolina
in April, but missed them in MD so far.

Bank Swallows nesting in the opposite (out of
state) banks of the Potomac.

Lots of Indigo Buntings, A Yellow Warbler,
Bluebirds, etc.

All that without binoculars... I'll have to bird
it for real sometime.

But perhaps the  most exciting thing for me was
hearing Cricket Frogs!!  I never knew they were
found at that elevation in MD, not that they sang
nearly that late into the season.

Have a great 4th weekend.

Charlie

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Charlie Muise, Naturalist
Frostburg, Maryland, USA

And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the
words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords - Alan Wilson Watts

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