Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 18:31:12 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Steve Sanford Subject: Re: In search of Cerulean and Kentucky warblers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It just happens that I've stopped by the corner of Marriottsville Road and the entry road to the Liberty Dam trail one time each of the last three weekends and there was aways a singing Cerulean Warbler close by each time. The first time it came down to eye level in a small box elder at the corner. The next week it was singing across Marriottsville Road from the entrance and it amazed me by prancing about in the branches of a big dead tree for about half a minute. Last weekend it was heard-only about a hundred yards or more north of the entrance. There were also Parula Warblers there to help compare the two songs. This area is also good for Yellow-throated Warblers but they seem to have been invisible and inaudible since mid-May. This spot is close to the Henryton area mentioned by Kurt Schwarz. If you follow his directions, you will cross Marriottsville Road. There is also a Marriotsville Road exit from I-70 westbound about 5 miles west of Rt 29. Either way, the entry road to Liberty Dam trail is about 3-4 miles north of Rt 99 or I-70, and about a half mile north of the entrance to the McKeldin area of Patapsco State Park. It is just across an inconspicuous bridge and there are 4 black mailboxes on the corner. If you pass a gun range, you went too far. By the way, I finally satisfied my frustrated need to see and hear Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (which I think is one of the most fundamental of all human needs) at the Roth Rock Firetower road in Garrett Co, where I also heard (but did not see) 2 or 3 Mourning Warblers, and DID see a Kentucky Warbler. The Grosbeaks were really thick there. (This is the area described in Claudia Wild's Birding the National Capital Area book as Backbone Mountain.) Steve Sanford tanager@bcpl.net Randallstown MD Baltimore County ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================