Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 11:24:38 -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 Oops. I forgot to properly sign that post: Kurt Schwarz Howard County white-crown@home.com Bucks County PA is due north from Philadelphia. I-95 is your most direct way there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt R. Schwarz" To: Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Yellowthroat, Harrier in DC > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================