Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:25:05 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sam Droege Subject: Sharp-shinned Hawk Nest in Soldier's Delight MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just and update. Visited the SSHA nest found earlier in the spring in Soldier's Delight and found the female still attending the nest, this despite being located at the edge of a woods only 50 feet from a parking lot! Sam Sam Droege FROG@USGS.GOV w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5784 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 12100 Beech Forest, Laurel, Md 20708-4038 Http://www.mp1-pwrc.usgs.gov A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes, The burnished sunbeams brightening, From flower to flower he flies: While wakes the nodding blossom, But just too late to see What lip hath touched her bosom And drained her nectary. -John Banister Tabb, "The Humming-bird" ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================