Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 17:33:07 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Ho Co (Lincoln's) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hooray!! All is right with the world! Today I found my first = Lincoln's for the season. Nancy M. got a quick peek also but he eluded = the other dozen birders out in western Howard this morning. This is the = earliest fall arrival I have ever had. This nice string of birds last = week bumped me to 199 for my county year list. I was kidding when I told = my friends I wasn't going to look at a new year bird until the Lincoln's = came in since I wanted it for #200. I guess it is a testament to how = wonderful and accommodating sparrows are! As I have always said there = are no birds in the world to compare to sparrows. Bonnie Ott Ellicott city,Howard County bonnie1163@home.com **Yesterday evening we spotted a Merlin (which we found by following = a Chippy) and 72 Common nighthawks** ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================