Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:00:47 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul Woodward Subject: McKee-Beshers WMA,Mont. Co. 10-24-00 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 24 October 0755-1250. Walked one of my longer loops this morning at McKee-Beshers. Circled the impoundments, then walked east on Hunting Quarter Rd. almost back to River Rd.. Went to the eastern fields looking for sparrows ; back west to the central road, onward to the towpath and Horsepen Hiker-Biker, and back through the fields to the impoundments. Ended up with 50 species. Highlights were a Merlin at the impoundments and a Pine Siskin flying over. Good day for fruit eaters- 10 Eastern Bluebirds, 6 Hermit Thrushes, 202 Am. Robins , 55 Cedar Waxwings and 65 Myrtle Warblers. Other notable counts and/or species were 7 Green-winged Teals, 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 8 Northern Flickers, 4 Eastern Phoebes, 8 Winter Wrens, one Catbird(little bit on the late side), 3 Yellow Palm Warblers, 28 Swamp Sparrows(including one which seem to still have its rufous crown), 108 White-throated Sparrows, and 33 Rusty Blackbirds. Interesting behaviors noted were rusty blackbirds in the trees eating wild grapes and 5 Turkey Vultures perching on the communication tower on the north side of River Road. 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================