Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 07:57:37 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Marko, Thomas L. GS BUMED" Subject: Meadowside Nature Center MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Meadowside Nature Center, Rockville, Montgomery County, 24 Feb 02, 0800-1100: A walk through the nature center on a beautiful, clear, crisp morning produced a nice assortment of birds (30 species). A male bluebird was staking his claim atop a nest box. Birds observed included: Canada Goose - 2 Black Vulture - 2 Turkey Vulture - 4 Mourning Dove - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Pileated Woodpecker - 2 Blue Jay - 2 American Crow - 20 Carolina Chickadee - 5 Tufted Titmouse - 5 White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 Brown Creeper - 3 Carolina Wren - 5 Winter Wren - 2 Eastern Bluebird - 4 Hermit Thrush - 2 American Robin - 1 Northern Mockingbird - 3 Brown Thrasher - 1 European Starling - 2 Orange-crowned Warbler(?) - 1 Northern Cardinal - 20 Song Sparrow - 4 White-throated Sparrow - 12 Fox Sparrow - 2 Dark-eyed Junco - 10 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 House Finch - 4 Tom Marko Olney, MD MOS-MCC tlmarko@us.med.navy.mil ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================