Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 10:14:15 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Kurt R. Schwarz" Subject: Re: Yellowthroat, Harrier in DC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm not sure what constitutes "large" numbers of Lesser Black-backed Gulls, but they were in what I thought was abundance in central Bucks County, PA in late December. Peace Valley Park was hosting easily a dozen on 24 December. I've been told by local birders there that LBBs had become "almost trash birds." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" To: Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:17 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Yellowthroat, Harrier in DC > I stopped at Kenilworth Park this (Sat, 1/6) afternoon and found a first > year male COMMON YELLOWTHROAT in the meadow. Also there was a young > NORTHERN HARRIER actively feeding over the meadow. There were also 8-10 > SAVANNAH SPARROWS, so I guess this bird is not as unusual here in the > winter as I had thought. > > Still one LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the Anacostia River, viewable from > Anacostia Park. The Anacostia River seems to be the only place in DC > with any congregation of gulls, and even these numbers are relatively > slim (several hundred). I noticed that Ned Brinkley reported low > numbers on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel as well. Where are all the > gulls this year? North of here (Conowingo? Florence, NJ?) or south > (Hatteras?)? > > Good birding, > Paul Pisano > Arlington, VA > cheep@erols.com > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================