Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 15:26:20 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Benjamin Poscover Subject: Re: Snowy Owl Frederick MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit DIRECTIONS TO LILY PONDS--From Baltimore West on I-70 (Beltway exit 16) to Frederick, about 40-45 minutes at the posted speed limit. When the speed limit reduces to 55 MPH, watch for exit for Market Street and MD 85 South. Take that exit south and bear right at fork in the busy roadway to follow Md Rt 85 south. After passing through interchange for I-270 (to Washington, D.C.) and some industrial development you will pass through the quaint little town of Buckeystown. Continuing south, passing the intersections for Rt 80 and Adamstown Road, among other, newer residential roads, one reaches a wide open, flat landscape at the intersection with Lily Pons Road on the left (east) and/or Oland Road on the right (west), same road with names changing as it crosses Rt 85. You are now one block east of the center of the territory of the Snowy Owl. Continue on the next road on the right, Greenfield Road, which has signs for a tree farm. Watch the open areas on either side of Greenfield for possible horned lark flocks which could have longspurs or snow buntings mixed in with them. Reaching the end of the road, you are at a "T" intersection with New Design Road, which parallels Rt 85, the road you took down from I-70. Proceed north on New Design Road and look for groups of birdwatchers with telescopes gawking at either the Owl or at a Horned Lark flock with longspurs or snow buntings. New Design and Buckeystown Pike are like the two sides of a ladder with some cross-roads serving as rungs connecting them.Buckeystown Pike, Rt 85, connects at the top to I-70. Connecting roads between New Design Road and Buckeystown Pike include Oland Road, Greenfield Road, Adamstown Road, and a portion of Rt. 28, Tuscarora Road, at the south end. Pete Webb Baltimore, Md (USA) pwebb@bcpl.net (home, after 6) pew@niroinc.com (work, 830-5 M-F) ======= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom and Anna Dougherty" To: Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 2:58 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Snowy Owl Frederick > Hi, I'm unsuccessfully trying to find the best directions to see the snowy > Owl near Frederick. Is it south of the town, off HY 85, close to what town. > Any exact or helpful instructions would really be appreciated, thanks > > Tom Dougherty > tomannadoc@earthlink.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================