Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 19:52:33 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Lincoln's Sparrow, AA Co., etc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks, Another few days spent in the atlas block, producing as enjoyable a migration as I've experienced anywhere. All the expected birds are showing up, along with a couple oddballs. Today's bird of the day was a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, along the Patapsco River in AA County. The gentle streaking on the breast was awash in buffy coloration, and the crown feathers stood up like a crest. Very attractive little bird. This past Saturday (4/27), the Halethorpe Ponds in AA Co. hosted a GREAT EGRET, a pair of BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONs (for the second time), a SCARLET TANAGER, a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, and my first AMERICAN REDSTARTs of the year, five of them, in fact. There were also six RUSTY BLACKBIRDs, four males and two females. On Monday, 4/29, at Glenartney, in Patapsco Valley State Park (Balt. Co.), I heard my first GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, and saw my first INDIGO BUNTING, which was singing with such a raspy voice, that I had no idea what it was until I saw it. There were also four flyover cormorants. Today, Tuesday, 4/30, was quite productive back at the Halethorpe Ponds. I heard my first YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO of the year, and enjoyed an OSPREY, a couple of SWAMP SPARROWs (I'm keeping my fingers crossed), BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and greatly increased numbers of shorebirds: 19 SOLITARY SANDPIPERs, 5 SPOTTED SANDPIPERs, and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS at one of the ponds, and an additional 5 Solitaries and 4 Spotties along the river. In addition, there were five warbler species, viz: N. PARULA, YELLOW-RUMPED, (YELLOW) PALM, AM. REDSTART, and PROTHONOTARY. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie blackrail@earthlink.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================