Date:         Thu, 27 Jul 2000 08:19:50 -0400
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From:         "Lovelace, Glen" <glovelace@MAIL.DOT.STATE.DE.US>
Subject:      Oak Grove Rd
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Hello all,
        Looks like Oak Grove Rd is becoming the latest hotspot to hit :) =
 I
stopped by last evening about 7PM and found another birder there and I ha=
d a
call Tuesday evening asking directions.  I am happy to see more birding
attention in this area.  If anyone birds the area, I would greatly
appreciate a quick email of your sightings to add to my database.  Anyway=
,
on to the birds - there were no shorebirds there when I stopped.  However=
,
further east on Oak Grove Rd in a puddle opposite the old yellow house,
there were 6 Wood Ducks all in eclipse plumage.  Looking across the field=
 to
the south, I saw a Great Egret and a Snowy Egret fly into a depression fa=
r
out in the middle of the field (looking toward the end of the chicken hou=
se
and the one shed to the right).  The Snowy Egret was bird #153 for me in =
a
one mile circle around Oak Grove.  It was also the first Wood Ducks in
summer.  Also a Kestrel perched on the irrigation.

Glen Lovelace III
Seaford, DE

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Iliff [SMTP:Miliff@AOL.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 9:44 PM
> To:   MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
> Subject:      [MDOSPREY] Sandhill Crane and Eastern Shore sites - 24 Ju=
ly
>
> Hi all,
>
> Headed down to Hooper's Island to see the SANDHILL CRANE previously
> reported
> by Les Roslund.  I immediately found it right where it was supposed to =
be,
> feeding on the lawn with 6 Canada Geese.  As reported by Les, it is in
> adult
> plumage and furthermore gives an adult-like call.  It was unalarmed whe=
n I
> parked on the shoulder but at one point when it was close to the road a=
nd
> I
> drove up on it, the bird took alarm and flew around calling, eventually
> settling down in the same yard.  Unfortunately I forgot my camera (!) a=
nd
> didn't get any photos.  The bird appears heavily worn and has only just
> begun
> replacing a few of its feathers, namely some upperwing coverts, back
> feathers, and apparently all the greater secondary coverts, all of whic=
h
> are
> pale gray and contrast with the brown-stained older feathers.  Probably=
 my
> first time seeing Sandhill Crane and Seaside Sparrow in the same binocu=
lar
> field.
>
> Looking out to sea from a few Hooper's Island sites there were several
> Brown
> Pelicans and 30 Common Terns over the Bay.  Just one Willet on Middle
> Hooper's Island - perhaps they have already moved away from breeding
> areas.
>
> I checked a few other sites on a circuitous route home.
>
> BLACKWATER NWR
>
> 2 Caspian Terns
> 5 Greater Yellowlegs
> 60 Lesser Yellowlegs (flybys)
> 2 Stilt Sandpipers (w/ yellowlegs flock)
> 50 Great Egrets
> 70 Snowy Egrets (mostly off Rte. 335)
> 1 im LITTLE BLUE HERON (off Rte. 335)
>
> TOWN OF HURLOCK
>
> 2000 Brown-headed Cowbirds (mostly males)
> 200 European Starlings
> 250 Common Grackles
>
> HURLOCK WWTP
>
> 200 Tree Swallows
> 200 Bank Swallows
> 50 Barn Swallows
> 1 CLIFF SWALLOW (my 2nd for Dorchester and long awaited first for Hurlo=
ck)
> 2 Snow Geese (present since May)
> 3 Ruddy Ducks (present since May)
>
> OAK GROVE RD
>
> 2 Vesper Sparrows
> 5 Lesser Yellowlegs
> 2 Least Sandpipers
>
> PEMBERTON MANOR, 2 mi east of Starr, Rte. 309, Queen Anne's County
>
> 3 Lesser Yellowlegs
> 1 Greater Yellowlegs
> 3 Solitary Sandpiper
> 6 im LITTLE BLUE HERONS
> 1 Cattle Egret
> 2 Great Egrets
>
> ROUTE 309 POND
>
> 1 male Ruddy Duck
>
> Best,
>
> Marshall Iliff
> miliff@aol.com
> Annapolis, MD
>
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