Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 07:02:57 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: sue hamilton Subject: Re: Kinder Farm Park Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >I arrived at Kinder Farm Park at 2pm on Saturday the 9th, realizing as I >did so that it was probably the wrong time of day for the bird. But it was >great weather, and lots of Field Sparrows were singing. So, I followed the >EXCELLENT directions MArshall posted, and arrived at BBBox #9---nothing. I >found Box #8, and hung about, listening to chats and towhees and field >sparrows. Wandered back toward box#9, when I saw sparrows fly into a small >tree. By the time I got the binocs on them they'd flown down and >away......Further waiting and peering: I had my binocs on a sparrow with a >BEAUTIFUL FACE PATTERN.The two sparrows flew down to the ground, and I >could see the light median crown stripe. The sparrow beside it, a Field, >looked quite washed out in comparison. Then they were gone. I hung about, but never heard a buzz. I have to think I was extremely lucky to find the bird when it wasn't singing. Somehow, I'd expected to hear it easily, and have trouble seeing it. Thanks, Linda and Dotty and Marshall and all! I find that the chat was a county bird for me, so I got two AA county birds, and a state bird. Good day for me. sue hamilton ps Arlene--I used the shortcut you taught me Friday --BrickChurch Rd.& Riva. to get to 97. _________________________________________________________________ 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================