Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 20:46:51 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Joe Corcoran Subject: Monk Parakeet, Mississippi Kite, Warblers Hello, This is Joe Corcoran, Student of Birding, (when my wife let's me). 1) I saw the Monk Parakeet at intersection of 198 and Red Clay Road. About 1:30 PM Saturday the 25th, carefully placing sticks into the large nest atop a telephone/powerline pole. Nothing but cars, parking lots and malls as far as the eye could see. What was this bird doing? Has it mated and is ready to lay eggs? Is there more than one? 2) I missed the Mississippi Kite at Huntley Meadows the same day. Has anyone seen it or them lately? Do they nest there? 3) I got a report from a friendly birder about a Mourning Warbler in Monticello Park. "Monticello"? I asked. She said "Monticello Park, it's very small, postage stamp size." I ignored her directions as she wasn't sure about one road, and looked it up in my ADC Nothern Virginia map. Sure enough, there's a very small park off Braddock. I spent 2 hours trying to get to it and find the pond she mentioned. Couldn't find it. I finally figured that she was speaking of the "Community" of Monticello Park, off Telegraph Road. Oh, well. Did anyone see it yesterday? ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================