Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 21:17:28 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul Subject: Re: DC Fox Sparrow, 10/27 + Comp. list Comments: cc: johngilhub@ATT.NET MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good job finding the Fox Sparrow, John. I was at Kenilworth Park the day before (10/26), and saw lots of sparrows, but no Fox. The highlight for me was 1 VESPER SPARROW. Other birds of interest at the park include: HOODED MERGANSER - 1 ad. male flew overhead towards the Aquatic Gardens AMERICAN KESTREL - 1 female flew by MERLIN - 1 ad. flew by, about 3 minutes after the Kestrel (I also saw the 2 PEREGRINES at the 14th St. Bridge, making it a 3 falcon day) YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER - 1 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 1 in the trees along the back edge AMERICAN ROBIN - a very rough estimate of 1,000 as they flew south overhead in a seemlingly never ending thread AMERICAN PIPIT - 2 flew over PALM WARBLER - 6 (5 Yellow, 1 Western) EASTERN MEADOWLARK - 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD - 1 flew over (saw c.50 last weekend at the Aquatic Gardens) 5 other sparrow sp. besides the Vesper (Song, Savannah, Swamp, White-throat & Field) The habitat is great, and looks very inviting. Wish I could spend more time there. And in addition to the Vesper Sparrow being new for the DC Comp list, there are a few other holes to fill: NORTHERN SHOVELER - 9/21, mouth of 4-mile run YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - 8/21, Rock Creek Maintenance Yard SEDGE WREN - this is a second hand report. Jim Lemert found one in the Maintenance Yard on, I believe, 10/3. Good birding, Paul Pisano cheep@erols.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I found a Fox Sparrow this morning at Kenilworth Park in NE DC. John Hubbell Chevy Chase, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================