Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 20:44:04 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Chris Barnard Subject: Rachel Carson Natural Area 9-10-01 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It was a beautiful morning and though there were no unusual birds, the birds that were there were in large numbers. There was a flock of 50-60 Cedar Waxwings, 60 Robins, 8-10 Fox Sparrows, and 5 Flickers together in a single tree. Sightings included the following: Hermit Thrush Robin Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-Bellied Woodpecker Flicker Mockingbird Blue Jay Turkey Vulture Crow White-Throated Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Cardinal Blue Bird Cedar Waxwing Blue Heron Carolina Wren White Breasted Nuthatch There were signs posted that the County is conducting a controlled hunt for deer every Wednesday until the end of January so the park will be closed every Wednesday from midnight to 1:00 PM Chris Barnard Rockville, MD cbarnard52@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================