Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 07:00:57 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Scott Crabtree Subject: Meadowbrook, October 15th MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A Baltimore Bird Club trip to the Meadowbrook park at the Rt. 100 Park & Ride was joined by a couple of Howard Co. birders as we searched for late breeders, migrants, and early winter arrivals. In three hours we had forty species - but no Lincoln Sparrows. We had great views of Song, and White-throated, and White-crowned (Z.l.l., adults and juveniles), and Field, and Swamp - but no Lincoln Sparrows. We had fabulous Palm warblers (both varieties) - nearly as many as there were Song Sparrows - and Nashville, and Magnolia warblers - but no Lincoln Sparrows. We pished until we were blue in the face; we crawled through brambles and over hedges - but no Lincoln Sparrows. We had inter-specific agonistic displays with Kingfisher being mobbed by Red-winged Blackbirds, and Red-shouldered Hawks driving off a Red-tailed - but no Lincoln Sparrows. Actually, I have no idea what it was about the day, but I have never seen such a reticent bunch of sparrows and finches in my life. From the beginning of the day, they did not want to come up. I think we was jinxed. Scott Crabtree Baltimore, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================