Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:11:20 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tyler Bell Subject: Dorchester County birds, 4/3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Jane had a meeting in Cambridge so we used it as an excuse to do some = pre-meeting birding around Blackwater NWR. We went first to Bestpitch (2 = houses, 2 boat ramps and a bridge) where the martin house there was fully = occupied by Purple Martins. Yellow-throated Warblers, Pine Warblers and = Common Yellowthroats sang from various locations near the bridge. On the way to Blackwater we saw a house with 3 martin houses also fully = occupied. Why is it there are so many martins over here and I have yet to = see one in either St. Mary's or Calvert? At Blackwater we saw at least 3 adult Bald Eagles and 3 subadults for = sure. There were so many eagles at different locations that it's hard to = know if there was overlap but at one time we for sure had 6 different = birds. We also got great looks at a Delmarva Fox Squirrel just outside the = entrance to the visitor's center on Key Wallace Dr. and another along the = wildlife drive. Ducks were pretty scarce but there were Northern Shovelers, Blue-winged = and Green-winged Teal, Black Ducks, American Wigeon and of course = Mallards. We were just about frying in jeans and wishing that we had had the = foresight to pack some shorts. It's got to be in the low 80s! But, there = are some nasty thunderheads moving in that are sure to make our drive west = interesting. Reporting from the Dorchester County public library, Tyler Bell bell@acnatsci.org California, MD =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 =========================================================================