Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 09:23:50 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM> Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM> From: Bill Schreitz <cabmkrwbs@EROLS.COM> Subject: Bobwhite Calling at Bywater Road MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I hadn't birded Bywater Road for some time. It's close by.my work and I have seen and photographed many life birds in the last seven years I have been birding. From Bobolinks, Eastern Meadowlarks, and American Woodcocks to the Lark Sparrow, the Orange-crowned Warbler, and the Connecticut Warblers, I have spend a lot of time there. It's like family. As you may know, it's slated for development. It's been on the brink before, but nothing had been done. I was told by the city that all the paperwork had been done by spring. Today I noticed that there was white tape tied off in the area and the development may be soon. The area still bounds with song and field sparrows, mockingbirds by the dozens. I saw one Brown Thrasher and only one Yellow-breasted Chat in my short visit. But for the first time there, I had a Bobwhite's repeated call. How ironic. The call seems so naive, so upbeat. This amid yet another habitat upheaval. I think I will miss the Chats the most, though. On another habitat that's changing for the better, the Westinghouse Pond is very low and is hosting 30-40 shorebirds. Among the guests are least, semipalmated, and spotted sandpipers, two Snowy Egrets, one Greater Yellowlegs, and at least three Semipalmated Plover. The Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, Double -crested Cormorants, Wood ducks, American Black Ducks have been there all summer. Bill WILLIAM B SCHREITZ CABINETMAKER INC 1806 VIRGINIA STREET ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21041 cabmkrwbs@erols.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================