Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:15:57 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Ray Wilson Subject: Western Maryland 6-24-01 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I took a quick visit to western Maryland yesterday (Sunday 24th). Here are the highlights: Old Legislative Road, Alleghany County (07.30-10.00): At least 3 Henslow's Sparrows were calling almost constantly, with one showing distantly for about 5 minutes, and another was posing for photographs in full view only 40feet from the path for over 30minutes. Unfortunately, it was on the east side of the path and was backlit, so the photos probably won't be very good. All of these Sparrows were about 100yards further down the track than the intersection mentioned in Stan Arnold's excellent directions from a post last month. There were also numerous Grasshopper Sparrows and Meadowlarks scattered throughout the meadows. New Germany State Park, Garrett County (10.45-14.30): I didn't have much trouble finding my target bird here. Canada Warblers were everywhere along the stream along the Green and Yellow trails. I saw at least 15 and many more were calling. Some of the singing males were so close I couldn't focus the camera! Not much else here though, apart from a singing Scarlet Tanager. Mt Nebo WMA, Garrett County (15.30-18.00): It was a bit slow here in the dead time of the day, but I did see one distant Golden-winged Warbler sitting on top of a dead tree, and an Alder Flycatcher was calling and making brief sorties from another tree. Other interesting birds included Chestnut-sided Warbler, a pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and a beautiful Scarlet Tanager singing in full view for about 10 minutes. Two Cliff Swallows flew over as I was crossing the 219 bridge at Deep Creek Lake at the start of my long drive home. Ray Wilson College Park, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================