Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:19:45 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Wilkerson, Jordan T." Subject: Cambridge pier and Blackwater: Mar 31 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MDOsprey, Cambridge (about noon): Long-tailed ducks (~50 in breeding plumage) Horned grebes (~10) Pied bill grebes (2) Lesser Scaup (~300) didn't spend time picking through for greaters Surf Scoters (~30) Buffleheads (1 male 2 females) Canvasbacks (~15) Barn swallows Blackwater (early afternoon): Lots of OSPREYs calling and building nests. There is a nest-cam on an active Osprey nest near the visitor center now. Best finds: Glossy Ibis (12 feeding with Canadas) Shovelers (~100) Green wing Teals (~25) Blue Wing Teals (1 male; 2 female) Pintails (1 male 1 female) Widgeon (1 male 2 female) Turkeys (4) Brown Headed Nuthatch (2) Pine Warblers singing BC Night Heron (1 immature) Harriers (2 females) Both were found on the ground, and neither was seen flying. Forester terns (7) Caspian tern (1) Yellowlegs sp. (quite flyby of about 28) (no other shorebirds) White crown sparrows Swamp sparrows Tree swallows Jordan Wilkerson Cloverly, MoCo, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================