Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 21:50:47 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Night Hawks, Whips, and Summer Tanagers Comments: To: SMAS Comments: cc: Marshall MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks Tonight's birds of note around the house were two Common Nighthawks = overhead, one singing Whip-poor-will to the south, and a calling Summer = Tanager. Three nights in a row for the tanager. I am hopeful they will = nest here again. A Scarlet Tanager was also giving its chip purr call. Warblers are moving. I had an Ovenbird outside of work at the Federal = Triangle Building complex on 12th and Penn. Ave. There is a small spot, = and I mean spot of grass, with three or four short trees in this = concrete oasis. Not your typical habitat for this forest interior = dweller. =20 Waiting for the bus this morning early in the Waldorf Shopping center I = heard a Yellow Warbler singing. Also out of habitat. Saturday's May = count could prove fruitful. Good luck to all that enjoy our birds and = spend the time counting them. =20 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 =========================================================================