Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:32:51 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Joe Alexander Subject: Black Hill and Hughes Hollow MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Black Hill Tue morning 3-20. Waterfowl included Canadas, Ringneck, Coot, = Bufflehead, Hooded Mergs, Am. Black Duck, Ruddy Duck (some in full = color) and Gadwall. G. Blue Heron in Ten Mile Creek inlet. Also in Ten = Mile Creek area, Field and Fox sparrows (seen & heard), and Yellow Rumps = (still in winter garb). Got 4 WP but missed the Red-headed. But the = highlight was either the E. Phoebe seen (& heard) from the footbridge = over Little Seneca Creek, or the flock of 20+ Cedar Waxwings eating = Holly berries right along the entrance road.=20 A brief visit to Hughes Hollow added Pied-billed Grebe (4) in the right = impoundment, and Wood Duck (8, only 2M?) in the flooded woods to the = right of the dike. Also at Hughes Hollow were several Tree and Barn = Swallows in flight over the left impoundment (at least 6 of each). Joe Alexander Middletown, MD joealexander@gscyclone.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================