Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:11:58 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Hans Holbrook Subject: Howard County 2/20 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I took a drive around Howard County today and dropped in on a few spots H= ere are the results Meadowbrook: 2 Red-tailed hawks 2 Red-shouldered Hawks 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Fox Sparrows 1 Flicker carrying nesting matterial Centennial: 1 Pied-billed Grebe 60-70 Ring-necked Ducks Triadelphia: 150+ Common Mergansers 2 Black Duck 2 Killdeer 1 G. Black-backed Gull 2 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Bald Eagles =20 Middle Patuxent E. A.: 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Fox Sparrow 6 Golden-crowned Kinglets 4 Brown Creeper 1 Hairy Woodpecker BEWARE!!! I PICKED UP MY FIRST TICK OF THE SEASON. WITH THE MILD WINTER= THEY WILL PROBABLY BE INFORCE, AND YES, IT WAS THE RIGHT SIZE FOR A DEER= TICK. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================