Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 12:58:50 -0000 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Don Burggraf Subject: Re: Directions requests Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Thanks to all for the responses to my questions for directions. Don Burggraf Baltimore >From: "George M. Jett" >Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding >To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Directions to Chuck-Will's-Widow? >Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 09:01:20 -0500 > >Dan and MDOspreyers > >Chuck-will-widows have been singing along Old Marshall Hall and at the end >of Accokeek Road West in Accokeek, Prince George Co., MD. I had them >singing last on May 14. See De Lorme page 36, C3. > >Try about 8:30 PM when they start singing and good luck seeing these >animals. >George > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don Burggraf" >To: >Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:35 AM >Subject: [MDOSPREY] Directions to Chuck-Will's-Widow? > > > > Hi, all. > > > > Does anyone know where to find a chuck-wills-widow (within a reasonable > > driving distance from Baltimore)? In the last week, I have tried >Soldier's > > Delight (2 Whip-poor-wills and a Barred Owl) without success. I also >tried > > Black Marsh South of Baltimore, but the car traffic on Millers Island >Road > > was so consistent that I could hardly hear my tape. (I did hear a > > sputtering Marsh Wren who did not appear happy to have his sleep >disturbed > > by my tape.) Does anyone know of a place where a chuck-wills-widow is > > singing this Spring? Please feel free to reply individually. > > > > Don Burggraf > > Baltimore, MD > > dburggraf@hotmail.com > > > > > > >From: Keith Eric Costley > > >Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding > > >To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > > >Subject: [MDOSPREY] Chuck-Will's-Widow in DC (4/13) > > >Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 20:01:49 EDT > > > > > >Yesterday (4/13) I took the family to the Smithsonian Institute to go >to > > >the > > >Museum of Natural History. On our way I paused to show Morgan (6) a > > >Mockingbird flashing its wings. As the Mockingbird walked on the mulch >six > > >feet away it disturbed a Chuck-Will's-Widow (CWWI). The CWWI rocked as >if > > >to > > >get it's feet in position to launch it from the ground. The >Mockingbird > > >flew > > >away leaving me to convince my family that was a nightjar and not a >piece > > >of > > >wood. It put up with us for another minute or so then flew twenty feet >to > > >a > > >nearby tree. > > > > > >Keith Eric Costley > > >oriolekec1@aol.com > > >Randallstown, BC > > > > > >======================================================================= > > >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > > >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > > >======================================================================= > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > ======================================================================= > > 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 >======================================================================= _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================