Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:33:01 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Scott Crabtree Subject: Queen Anne's Co. Atlasing MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable One highlight from some recent atlas forays in my Centreville NW block. = Where Sparks Mill Road crosses Island Creek, I was checking this = riparian habitat in an otherwise largely farm area. Acadian Flycatchers = were vocalizing in the vicinity, and while searching the area, I saw a = bird flit into a nest. I had a perfect tail-on view of something. No = matter what other angles I tried, this was the only view. It looked = like a flycatcher nest - in a fork at the end of a branch, small cup = with bits of bark fibers hanging off of it. Of course, I suspected it = was the ACFL, but really wanted to confirm it. Finally, I set up the = scope, and the bird finally turned its head to look back at me. Yep, = ACFL - ON. With this great view, I could count the rictal bristles! Having moved over here from the Baltimore area, I had always thought of = Blue Grosbeaks and Grasshopper Sparrows as exciting sightings. They're = far more common over here in QAC! In my Kent Island NE block, I have an = area where there are three GRSPs vocalizing within about 150 meters of = each other. Seems like one of those "loose colonies" they purportedly = form. BLGR territories are even more common. Scott Crabtree Chester, MD crabtree@myshorelink.com =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 =========================================================================