Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:20:13 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Arlene Ripley Subject: Calvert County, today (4/30) Comments: To: md-smas@yahoogroups.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed A short stop at Battle Creek Cypress Swamp and then Flag Ponds this morning proved to be very productive (11 warbler species): Battle Creek (highlights) ACADIAN FLYCATCHER- 3 Scarlet Tanager Prothonotary Warbler - 4 Black and White Warbler Blue-winged Warbler (gorgeous male -- heard first and then seen) Hooded Warbler - 2 Pine Warbler Northern Waterthrush - 2 or more, singing loudly Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 or more, singing loudly White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Gray Catbird Then on to Flag Ponds (highlights) : Scarlet Tanager Summer Tanager Yellow-throated Warbler - 4 Pine Warbler - 6 Kentucky Warbler - 2 Prairie Warbler Hooded Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Eastern Phoebe on nest Gray Catbird - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Pileated Woodpecker Veery - 2 Wood Thrush - many heard, several seen Green Heron Great Blue Heron Osprey Bald Eagle -2 Royal Tern - 2 Butterflies: Zebra Swallowtail, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Juvenal's Duskywing, Eastern Comma, Orange Sulphur, Spring Azure Dragonflies: Common Green Darner, Eastern Pondhawk, Common Whitetail Snakes: Black Racer (3), Ribbon Snake The spring ephemeral wildflowers are all going to seed but the Showy Orchis is now in bloom. Arlene Ripley Calvert County, MD aripley@nestbox.com http://www.nestbox.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================