Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:59:04 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Andy Rabin Subject: Re: McKee-Beshers *Bank Swalow* MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just thought I would mention that yesterday (Sunday 7/30) I saw a BANK SWALLOW on a telephone wire on the corner of River Rd and West Willard Rd (which intersects River Rd west of Sycamore Landing Rd). There were many N. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS all along River Rd. I had to search a bit to spot the Bank. Andy Rabin Gaithersburg, MD andyrab@wam.umd.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Woodward To: Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 7:55 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] McKee-Beshers 7-30-00 > 30 July 2000 > > Spent a couple hours this morning checking the impoundments, then > walking to Sycamore Landing Road along the wood edge, then to River Road and > back to the parking lot. Not a whole lot of activity. Still a few species > are singing - Eastern Wood-Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, House Wren, Field > Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Cardinal, and Indigo Bunting. Ended up with 35 > species. My highlights were a Northern Flicker, which are rare here in > summer, and a probable migrant Eastern Kingbird. For other people the > highlight would probably be the pair of Blue Grosbeaks about 0.4 mile west > of the intersection of Hughes Road and River Road. They were calling loudly > in an oak tree on the north side of RRd, where the overhead wires cross the > road. > I had 81 Rough-winged Swallows on the wires when I was coming in. > > Paul Woodward > Fairfax City, VA > grackling@worldnet.att.net > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================