Date:         Sun, 5 May 2002 16:46:09 -0400
Reply-To:     Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sender:       Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
From:         Tim Ray <timjosam@EROLS.COM>
Subject:      Middle Patuxent Environmental Area

After reading Stan Arnold's post about the newly discovered habitats in his atlas block, I had to respond.  Stan led a great trip through some of the Middle Patuxent Environmental area on April 27th, and that made me aware of some wonderful swampy habitat in my own atlas block.  I have returned several times this week (sometimes with Tom Feild, and sometimes with my son Sam).  Tom spotted a NORTHERN PARULA reusing dried pine needles from an old squirrel nest as material for its own nest.  My son and I discovered a RUFOUS-SIDED HUMMINGBIRD building a beautiful lichen nest over a tributary of the Middle Patuxent River.  Also, these birds of note:
  Warblers:
   Blue-winged
   Common Yellowthroat
   Black-and-white
   Hooded
   Ovenbird
   Kentucky
   Northern Parula
   Northern Waterthrush
   Louisiana Waterthrush
   Black-throated Green
   Black-throated Blue
   Cerulean
   Chestnut-sided
   Yellow-rumped
   Canada
  Vireos:
   Red-eyed
   White-eyed
   Yellow-throated
  Flycatchers:
   Acadian
   Great-crested
  Thrushes:
   Wood thrush
   Veery
   Hermit thrush
  Other:
   Rufous-sided hummingbird
   Scarlet Tanager

Tim Ray
Columbia MD
tray160@comcast.net
410-715-0623

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