Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:52:07 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Purple Finch; sandpipers in Howard Co. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks, A walk around Lake Elkhorn in Howard Co. this afternoon netted a few nice birds for the season, with Purple Finch, Spotted Sandpiper, and Solitary Sandpiper being the most interesting. Birds noted: Pied-billed Grebe-1 DC Cormorant-1 Solitary Sandpiper-1 at pond behind lake Spotted Sandpiper-2: 1 at pond behind lake; the other at inlet where boat ramp is swallows--predominantly rough-winged, but also Tree & Barn Yellow Warbler--1 (only warbler besides yellow-rumps) Indigo Bunting--1 Rusty Blackbird--1 Purple Finch--1 male at feeder by house closest to bridge at far end of lake Stan Arnold Glen Burnie blackrail@earthlink.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================