Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:25:36 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Steve Noyes Subject: Lower PG County - 4/26 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Birders, Today I checked my block in southern PG county (below Merkle WMA) and added a new warbler (BLUE-WINGED WARBLER) for the year that I found at Nottingham NRMA (adjacent to the Patuxent R.) (I had a nice long view). Shorthly before that I had a PARULA and still lots of brightly plumaged yellow-rumps. The yellow-rumps are certainly all dolled up for the breeding season; some different than the usual attire we see in the winter. A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT darted in and out of the phragmites along the river; I'm still waiting to find a marsh wren. A female HARRIER cruised the marshes and TOWHEES seemed to be staking out there territories in the thickets around a large field. A pair of W-E VIREOS darted around the thickets (singing). A nice "formation" of seven great blue herons flew up Spice Creek. The fields were full of FIELD and CHIPPING SPARROWS. At the southern edge of Spice Creek was what I thought was a bald eagle nest in a snag. After "scoping" it out, it was, in fact, a huge! OSPREY NEST with "mother" nestled down and "papa" standing vigil on a nearby snag. Also spotted, a YELLOWLEGS landing on the mud flats (tide going out), just out of sight but looked like a "greater" as it glided in to land. Three D-C CORMORANTS were perched on old pilings at the mouth of Spice Creek. The osprey represented the only "new" confirmed nesting in my block. Other creatures that were going about their day were a RED FOX, a pair of BEAVERS, and a woodchuck. Bon birding! Steve Noyes, Beltsville, PG County noyessh@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more =========================================================================