Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 07:36:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: STEVE NOYES Subject: National Wildlife Visitor Center MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mar. 9, a few tree swallows were present, often perching on nest boxes= . Two killdeer landed on roof (flat) of the visitor center (have nested t= here in the past). Red-winged BB were singing in the wetlands. Spring is = on the way! USFWS will be "hacking" osprey here again this summer. Last year, 4 young= osprey were "introduced" to the Patuxent Refuge at Lake Redington in hop= es that at least one will return in the future. Steve Noyes, Volunteer Naturalist Patuxent Research Refuge. Laurel MD evetsseyon@msn.com =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 =========================================================================