Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 17:24:03 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Steve Sanford Subject: Lake Roland MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I joined the Lake Roland birdwalk this morning (5/1). The lateness of migration was still evident, but definite progress is being made. Baltimore Orioles have arrived in force all over the lake and were really singing away. A Barred Owl in the open park area just up the hill from the falls gave us a really nice look, which I understand is not the first time. I saw or heard my first Pewee and E Kingbirds of the season. There were 10 warbler species, mainly resident species, and mainly pretty far back in the woods, which is where some singing Wood Thrushes were finally found as well as one well-seen Scarlet Tanager. There were a fair number of shorebirds that were hard to ID because of the sun angle and lack of a scope (it's about a mile from the parking lot) but seemed to be mainly Solitary Sandpipers, with a few Spotteds and Lesser Yellowlegs. Also a Caspian Tern. Still no Indigo Buntings or Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. The last I heard the species total reached 77. In the afternoon at the McKeldin area of Patapsco St Pk I heard my first Acadian Flycatcher of the season, with several Yellow-throated Warblers singing vigorously still. No orioles though during my 45 minutes or so there. Steve Sanford tanager@bcpl.net Randallstown MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================