Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 19:09:25 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Michael Bowen Subject: Eastern Shore sightings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Here are some sightings from E.A. Vaughn WMA, Worcester Co., MD (north section), about 1 p.m. today, August 2, 2001. Observers were Mike and Joy Bowen, Stan Arnold and Joe Halpin 20 CANADA GOOSE 8 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS 1 GREAT BLUE HERON 2 GREAT EGRET 2 SNOWY EGRET 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON (imm.) 5 GLOSSY IBIS 2 KILLDEER 2 WILLET 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER 4 LEAST SANDPIPER 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPER 1 GULL-BILLED TERN (an adult that flew over twice) -- field marks seen well 1 PILEATED WOODPECKER 2 EASTERN KINGBIRD ca. 20 PURPLE MARTIN 1 BANK SWALLOW 1 INDIGO BUNTING 1 BLUE GROSBEAK (singing male) 2 CHIPPING SPARROW 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW 1 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (MALE) on pilings off the boat ramp area at the end of Taylors Landing Rd. were 1 BROWN PELICAN 20+ FORSTER'S TERN nearby were numerous BARN SWALLOWS Mike Bowen Bethesda, MD and Dewey Beach, DE D.H. Michael Bowen (Mike) 8609 Ewing Drive Bethesda, Maryland 20817 USA Telephone/fax: (301) 530-5764 e-mail: dhmbowen@yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================