Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:40:42 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Keith Eric Costley Subject: Soldier's Delight (6/9) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yesterday (6/9) I led the Baltimore Bird Club's Search for the Summer Tanager trip at Soldier's Delight in Owings Mills. The search was constrained to the old parking lot north of the overlook and the White Trail. We did not see or hear Summer Tanager during the four hour walk. We managed to find fifty-three species including seven warbler species: PINE, PRAIRIE, BLACK AND WHITE, OVENBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED, and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. At the North entrance of the RED Trail the group was surrounded by PINE WARBLER. Singing HOODED WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT kept themselves hidden all morning. While walking along Deer Park Road, near an old driveway, we found a Blue Headed Vireo collecting spider web in a Post Oak. Backlit by the morning sun, it appeared as if it was carrying a cotton ball in it's bill. We watched for several minutes until it flew away to the other side of the road. Shortly thereafter it returned and was joined by another. Other birds: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Acadian Flycatcher, Great-crested Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, and Indigo Bunting. Thank you for joining me: Steve S., Bill T., Joan C., Dixie M., Ken F., Shireen G., Marty M., Mark S., Jan W., Mary C., Greg F. Keith Eric Costley oriolekec1@aol.com Randallstown, BC ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================