Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:36:30 -0400 Reply-To: bott@erols.com Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Ho Co (682) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A fabulous morning for sparrows. The numbers were some of the best I've had. There were hundreds - 682 - (give or take a few) of sparrows at Mount Pleasant. Gail Franz and I slowly worked our way through birds moving everywhere. SONG SPARROWS seem to be at their prime. LINCOLN'S are on their way out with a big decrease in numbers. CHIPPING and WHITE-THROATS showed big increases along with FIELDS. 3 LINCOLN'S 22 CHIPPING 420 SONGS 51 SWAMPS 69 FIELDS 81 WHITE-THROATS 12 WHITE-CROWNS 24 SAVANNAHS One of the neatest birds was an AMERICAN WOODCOCK I came close to stepping on! I love to "see" them in the daylight , a rare and special treat! Little KINGLETS everywhere and an adorable WINTER WREN that gave us an incredible show - out in the sun and so close we could hardly believe our eyes! Bonnie Ott (Ellicott city) ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================