Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 18:28:15 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: new yard birds - Jarrettsville, MD 10/31/01 In-Reply-To: <6.1e64be84.29116e5a@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, Today the first day for my new yard list at Old Federal Hill Rd. 194 Canada Goose (188 landed at field across street at 5pm and 6 more arrived at 5:18pm.) 3 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Mourning Dove 1 Blue Jay (flew in pine tree across street) 8 American Crow (5 at field across street) 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (flyby) 1 Eastern Bluebird (horse farm behind my barn) 143 American Robin (flyby) 2 European Starling (field across street) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (flyby) 1 Song Sparrow (in woods at our own yard) 1 "Slate-colored" Junco (flyby) 7 Red-winged Blackbird (flyby w/ grackles) 68 Common Grackle (flyby) 1 Brown-headed Cowbird (flyby w/ grackles) 1 House Finch (horse farm, no Purple Finch here) 17 species added to yardlist, not bad. Late afternoon is incredible for many flyby in different directions to roosting. The most incredible sight was hundreds of Canada Geese arrived in full force from the NW around 5pm. My family and I will enjoy watching geese from our sunroom. While at the new house today, I went out the backyard to check on my barn and to my surprise, there is a Barn Swallow's nest on top of the light in the second stall. The previous owner told me that they saw little bird fly in and out of the barn early this spring and i believe this might be a swallow that nest there. Will post more for Sat Nov 3rd (big day) Kevin Graff Jarrettsvile, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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 =======================================================================