Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 05:31:29 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: marty cribb Subject: Point Lookout Sightings MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Everyone, Did a rather quick look around the State Park and = surrounding area with Patty Craig of about 3 hours 4/10 and had the = following. 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 3 LEAST SANDPIPER, 16-18 BLUE-GRAY = GNATCATCHERS,several hundred DOUBLE-CREASTED CORMORANT on 1 pound net at = the Potomac River entrance to the State Park, 6 HORNED GREBES (beautiful = plumage), 12 BUFFLEHEAD, 1 WHITE-EYED VIREO, 1 PILEATED WOODPECKER, 6 = FORSTERS TERN, 2 ROYAL TERN, 100+ LAUGHING GULL, 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, = 3 COMMON SNIPE, HERMIT THRUSH, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, = SWAMP SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN = THRASHER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, COMMON LOON, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, AMERICAN = KESTREL, (possible nester), BARN, TREE, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, = CHIMNEY SWIFTS. On a down note at least 42 MUTE SWANS that followed us = around the shoreline as we walked a tidal creek off Longneck Rd. This is = a new high number at any one location by me, last years high was 36. Who = do I contact at DNR about possible management of this group? Good = Birding to all, Marty Cribb, Scotland, St Marys Co, Md =20 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================