Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 23:00:07 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: William Leigh Subject: Re: Brewsters Warblers Indian Springs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Ospreyers, I birded Indian Springs in Washington Co MD this am. I had several Brewster's warbler and one possible Lawrence's that I only got one very brief........to brief of a look at. The Brewster's had yellow wingbars and slightly wider black eyeline markings. Wings were greenish gray, cap was yellow near front but became greenish gray near back of head. Throat was yellow, lower belly was white. This bird was observed carrying twigs to an assumed nesting site on the ground. The possible Lawrence's warbler was seen in the same area but only once and very briefly. It appeared to have a black throat and white wingbars. I staked out the area for quite some time ~ 45 minutes but could not catch another glimpse of the possible Lawrence's. I have yet to see a Golden-winged Warbler here I assume they are around??? Also seen at Indian Springs were Yellow Breasted Chat and Yellow Warblers. YB Cuckoos were heard. Both Orchard and Baltimore Orioles were seen and one Osprey. I did not see any sign of the Green-tailed Towhee reported earlier. Later I stopped at big pool where I picked up a few more Warblers (Northern Waterthrush and Prothonotary and 1 Great Egret in breeding plumage which was a surprise. Also quite amazed to see a kettle of raptors above the open grassy areas near the fort. In the kettle was: 1 Red Shoulder Hawk 2 Ospreys 2 Broadwings. William Leigh Leightern@aol.com Winchester VA ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================