Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 19:18:13 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jason Waanders Subject: Hughes Hollow MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable First time I've posted here, but I thought I'd chime in re: the = discussion on willow flycatchers at Hughes Hollow, since I was there = today late morning-early afternoon. Just before the thunderstorm hit, I = heard a probable willow flycatcher calling in the second impoundment on = the right. The bird wasn't calling very often and there was a lot of = background r-w blackbird noise, but it sounded like one to me. Still, I = couldn't locate it and ultimately I'm afraid I can't say I'm sure enough = to count it (this would have been a lifer for me). But at the very = least it means there's hope! Part of my trouble finding the flycatcher may have been that I was = distracted by the least bittern that dropped down into the vegetation = straight ahead of me! (this was also a lifer, and counted!) After the = storm passed, things got even more interesting--I had flyovers of = yellow-crowned night herons, then American bitterns, and then several = more looks at least bittern (I'm fairly sure it was a pair, though not = positive). Also had a single tom wild turkey in the first large open field on the = left. Slower day for warblers--just blackpoll, prothonotary, and yellow (nice = looks), plus common yellowthroat. Additional birds of note were = warbling vireo and Baltimore and orchard orioles. Also enjoyed seeing a = snapping turtle rumbling across the middle of one of the cornfields. =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 =========================================================================