Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:39:56 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Dave Perry Subject: Western MD. Birding MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I spent most of two days, 4/4 & 4/5 birding out in Garrett and Allegany = counties. Some of the highlites included: -Two Black-crowned Night-Herons at Terminus in Cumberland on the 4th = (they were not refound on the 5th). -Two pair of Blue-winged teal at Broadford Res. and one pair at a marshy = pond just north of I68 on Rt. 220. One Common Snipe also at the pond. -Several Ring-billed, two Herring Gulls and Bonaparte's Gulls at = Broadford Res and at Deep Creek Lake. Deep Creek had about 40 = Bonaparte's. -Wild Turkeys calling at Rocky Gap and at Harrington Manor. -One Osprey at Piney Reservoir. -One Common Raven near New Germany State Park. -One Horned Grebe & several Pied-billed Grebe at Deep Creek. Several = Pied-billed also at Rocky Gap. -Individual Common Loons, beautiful in breeding plumage, at Rocky Gap, a = farmer's pond on Mason Rd near Rt. 220 and Deep Creek Lake. -A pair of Wood Ducks at Broadford Res. and Terminus. -Many ducks including many Ring-necked, Buffleheads, Lesser Scaup, = Pintails(several), Wigeons, Ruddys, Hoodys(several), at pond just So. of = I68 on Chestnut Ridge Rd. Also, many Am. Coots there. - 6 Red-breasted Mergs. at Herrington Manor. -Numerous Tree Swallows and a single Barn Swallow at Rocky Gap. -Eastern Phoebes everywhere. -Eastern Meadowlarks, Field Sparrows, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Pine = Warblers and Chipping Sparrows singing in numerous places. Weather was great, overall birding was good, 75 species and plenty of = birds for the two days. Dave Perry Crofton, MD perry59@gateway.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================