Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:47:46 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: New arrivals in Kent County MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, I've been taking two hour morning bird walks in my new neighborhood = seven miles NW of Chestertown. Lilacs are in bloom in the yard, the = carpet of spring beauties is still going strong here, the redbud and = dogwood have blossomed, and among the insects I had a skimmer = (dragonfly), tiger swallowtail, spring azures, checkerspots and = duskywings. Yesterday's (16 April) avian highlights were my first = yellowthroats, White-eyed Vireo (arrived 11 April), Green Heron, and a = fly-over Caspian Tern. Last night as I awaited the arrival of my family = from Albany, NY I heard a pair of Great Horned Owls, the local Barred = Owl pair, and a Black-crowned Night-Heron sounding off near Mill Creek = (how many Mill Creeks are there in MD?) among the peepers, gray = treefrogs and mockers. No time for a walk this morning but we were = treated to a serenade by a newly arrived Wood Thrush. A heavenly sound = to start the day. Good Birding, Walter Ellison MD/DC Atlas Coordinator MOS 23460 Clarissa Rd Chestertown, MD 21620-3645 410-778-9568 rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast." - E. = B. White =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================