Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:41:35 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Mike Callahan Subject: Re: Wormeating and Prothonatary Warblers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi George, It would be a good idea to remind people they require permission from the Nature Conservancy to enter the heronry. Visitors could easily disturb nesting at this time of year. Naturally, Mike Callahan Laurel, Howard County raptorsrule@juno.com On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 04:55:34 -0500 "George M. Jett" writes: > Folks > > Today on a Nature Conservancy trip to see the Great Blue Heronry at > Nanjemoy > in lower western Charles County, I identified the following warbler > species: > Worm-eating ,Black & White, Parula, Prairie, > Ovenbird, Pine, and Hooded. This area is accessed from Maryland > Point Road. > About 900 nesting Great Blue Herons are estimated to be nesting in > this > lovely location. > > Other birds in the general area were a singing Barred Owl, > Great-crested > Flycatchers, Eastern Kingbird, White-eyed and Red-eyed Vireos. Bald > Eagles > are common down in this part of the state. Other raptors observed > were > Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks. > > There were good numbers of Red-headed Woodpeckers, Prothonatary, as > well as > more Bald Eagles at the gut just south of Liverpool Point Road on > Rt. 224. > > Good Birding. > George > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to > listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================