Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:56:42 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Danny Bystrak Subject: Woodcock Nest MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, The question of whether or not Woodcocks nest in our yard was answered yesterday (Mar. 3, 2001), when i flushed a bird off of a nest with 4 eggs about 70 feet from our front porch! They always stop displaying by March 15 every year, which has made me wonder if they were just migrants practicing on their way north. Also saw a Tree Swallow over Jug Bay yesterday. And Ospreys are back in good numbers already. danny bystrak bristol, AA Co. MD wiwr@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================