Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:16:21 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Shaffer Subject: Fort Washington Scarlet Tanager & Schoolhouse Pond Comments: To: shaffer3@erols.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I had an enjoyable walk around the Pond during lunchtime. Dispite the wind, there was a good variety of birds at the pond, including: 2 White Eyed Vireos (singing) 7 Blue Gray Gnatcatchers 6 Mrytle Warblers 1 Field Sparrow 5 Caspian Terns 1 Song Sparrow 2 White Throated Sparrows 2 Mute Swans Plus, the usual numbers of geese, mallards, and gulls. But, perhaps more interesting was that I bumped into my parents next to the road on my way back into my building and my father told me that he and my mother had gotten very close looks at a Scarlet Tanager in Fort Washington Park in Prince George's County this morning, both at rest and in flight. I don't know where in the park they spotted it, but I suspect it was in the vicinity of the Fort or the visitor's center. Good birding, Fred Shaffer Crofton, Anne Arundel Patuxent Bird Club pamthept@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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================