Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 09:01:54 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: New Arrivals For Charles County Comments: To: SMAS Comments: cc: Marshall , Gwen Brewer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks While looking for Frosted Elfin this weekend in lower Charles County, = Gwen and I encountered a few new arrivals that may be of interest to = county listers. The locations were Maryland Point Road and Rt. 224 near = Thorne Gut up to Liverpool Point Road, but other locations will be = noted. We did not find the Elfin but did find several Carolina Satyrs = along Rt. 224 near Liverpool Point Rd. for those butterfly county = listers. May 4 =20 Solitary Sandpiper - Friendship Landing Road pool. Spotted Sandpiper - Bumpy Oak Road wetlands Red-headed Woodpecker - Bumpy Oak Road wetlands Great Crested Flycatcher - MD. Pt. Rd. This species has been around the = house since 5/2. Yellow-throated Vireo - MD. Pt. Rd., Thorne Gut Wood Thrush - MD. Pt. Rd. Chestnut-sided Warbler - Thorne Gut Black-throated Green Warbler - Md. Pt. Rd. Yellow-throated Warbler - Rt. 224 north of Thorne Gut Pine Warbler - Md. Pt. Rd. Prairie Warbler - Md. Pt. Rd. Black & White Warbler - Md. Pt. Rd. Also at the house. =20 American Redstart - Bumpy Oak Rd. Prothonotary Warbler - Thorne Gut Worm-eating Warbler - Md. Pt. Rd. Louisiana Waterthrush - Thorne Gut Common Yellowthroat - Md. Pt. Rd. One visited the house on May 1. Hooded Warbler - Md. Pt. Rd. and Rt. 224. At least six birds were = singing in different locations. Yellow-breasted Chat - Rt. 224 Scarlet Tanager - Md. Pt. Rd. and the house on 5/3. Indigo Bunting - in everywhere. Had one at the house singing in late = April. Thorne Gut is approximate 1.5 miles south of Liverpool Point Rd. on Rt. = 224. On May 5 I started scouting for my Big Charles County Day. New species = in and perhaps on territory were: Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Rt. 228 wetlands House Wren - north end of Bumpy Oak Rd. Prothonotary Warbler - Mattawoman Wildlands, Bumpy Oak wetlands. Blue Grosbeak - Rt. 228 wetlands, Bumpy Oak Rd. A latish White-throated Sparrow lingers at the house as of 5/5. My only new yard bird for the year this weekend was a small flock of = Laughing Gulls calling and heading north about 6 PM on May 5. =20 Good day. George =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 =========================================================================