Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 07:08:02 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Cattle Egrets and Alder Fly at Edgemere In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, I was in Edgemere in southeast Baltimore Couty working at a house, remodeling kitchen for my company "Welsh Construction and Remodeling Company" for a week at a same house. On Thurs the 16th, before work i decide to do some birding at Old Road Bay, east of Sparrows Point. Along side of Bayfront Rd at the large grassy field, one Cattle Egret was seen landing at the field. Also at the same area, Alder Flycatcher spotted at the thicket at the edge of the woods at the tip of the bay. When you head in at the lot facing the bay and Sparrows Point, the field will be in front of you looking south and the woods would be at the left side to your southeast. I check the field again during lunch break and saw 4 Cattle Egrets and no Alder was seen since that morning. Check back again after work, all 4 egrets remain, but no Alder seen again. Yesterday, after work in Edgemere, all the egrets was there. Other birds seen in Chesapeake Terrace Village on Thurs: imm. Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Osprey, Mallard, all swallows sp. except Cliff, Purple Martin, Cooper's Hawk, Laughing, Ring-billed, Herring, and Greats, Forster's Tern, lingering female Lesser Scaup?? (looks like she had a injured wing), and few others. I will go back later this evening to find the Alder again and check out the egrets, if anyone would like to join me this afternoon. Let me know. Check your Baltimore City and County ADC Map Book on Map 45, page 51 at F 13, you'll see name of Chesapeake Terr in blue words. That is the site of a field and woods along Bayfront Rd. Let me know if your would like to see the egrets for your county list or for fun and hope to find the Alder Flycatcher (last seen on Thurs.) sometimes this afternoon or evening. Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================