Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 19:37:27 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Kurt. R. Schwarz" Subject: Re: BB Cuckoo at Middle Pax, HowCo MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I forgot to add, the BB Cuckoo was just before marker number 15. Kurt Schwarz GoAwayBird@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Schwarz" To: Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 4:48 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] BB Cuckoo at Middle Pax, HowCo > This morning I encountered a Black-billed Cuckoo in the Middle Patuxent > Enironmental Area near Clarskville, Howard County. I took the trail from > the parking area off Trotter Rd. In hopes of locating the Summer Tanager > reported a few weeks back by Hans Holbrook, I bore rightt at marker 1. > Several Scarlets were about, but no Summer. I continued to the river, > followed the trail along the river, and shortly after it looped back up > the hill into the woods, I encountered the cuckoo. It posed just long > enough to give me an excellent look at the tail and bill, then disappeared. > It was silent. The time was between 11 and 12, I didn't look at my watch > the whole time I was in. Warning, the mosquitos are thick and voracious at > that point. > > Warblers were thin, but a few were about. It wasn't helped by my late start > of 1030 > > Blue-winged warblers 2-3 > C. Yellowthroat - I wasn't counting > Blackpoll 1 > Ovenbird - I didn't count, but clearly territorial > Kentucky - 2 > LA Waterthrush - 1 > > I also noted at least two Yellow-throated Vireos. Likewise, two Scarlet > Tanagers. Acadians were hiccuping all over. Total species was 41, not > great for May, but I enjoyed sleeping in! > > Kurt Schwarz > Howard County > GoAwayBird@comcast.net > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================