Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:38:35 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Greg Downing Subject: Re: C-C Sparrow MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Also I was waiting to go after Arthur (if he responds) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Shaffer" To: Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 5:34 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] C-C Sparrow > My brother and I visited Kinder Farm Park and, thanks to the directions > previously posted on the Osprey, successfully saw the Clay Colored > Sparrow. While walking in on the hiker-biker trail, we bumped into a > couple who had reported that the bird had not been seen today, so we > weren't too optimistic. After finding Bluebird Box #9, we didn't see or > hear the bird. We did see many Bluebirds, but no sparrows. > > I than walked down the path to box #10 and my brother spotted a Field > Sparrow. Than, while walking back down the path from Box #10, I heard the > repeated buzzes of the C-C Sparrow, and I spotted the bird pearched atop a > small bush on the right (along the trail coming from box #10). We got > great looks at the bird from around 30 or 40 feet. Than, it flew further > into the scrubby field, and we didn't see or hear it for the remainder of > our hour or so there. > > Fred Shaffer > Crofton, MD > Pamthept@aol.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================