Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 19:58:20 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jerry and Laura Tarbell Subject: Re: In search of Cerulean and Kentucky warblers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Steve, Did you also hear the winter wren singing up near the fire tower at Roth Rock? Jerry Tarbell Steve Sanford wrote: > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================