Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:45:38 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Denise Ryan Subject: DC Rock Creek Birds While working my Atlas block around Rock Creek Park today I turned up many of the usual suspects but I wanted to mention a few of the highlights. Rock Creek Maint. Yard Twice during different times in the morning watched a mob of crows chase a Sharp Shinned Hawk. I got the rare pleasure of watching a pair of Coopers Hawks lock talons and do a quick spiral. I probably would have seen more, but the trees blocked my view as they moved away. Goldfinches male and female and young One male and two female Eastern Towhee Intersection of Ross Dr., Beach Road and Military I explored the area around the rock bridge over the creek. Within 5 min. I had a Blue Gray Gnatcatcher Northern Waterthrush (significant yellowish underparts) Chipping Sparrow Pair of Eastern Phoebe building a nest under the bridge (it is on a clamp holding a large pipe under the bridge -- you can see it best from North of the bridge. Melvin Hazen Park Female Wood Duck A pair of male Northern Flickers fighting over territory -- I think. They were on a log facing each other with their beaks in the air and bobbing heads before they attaked each other. When I see stuff like that it makes me think of Marty Stouffer's Wild America show. Denise Ryan Washington, DC ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================