Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:22:34 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Marko, Thomas L. GS BUMED" Subject: High Decibel Birding MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Roosevelt Island, Wash, DC, 21 Aug 02, 1200-1300: Today's focus was along the boardwalk through the swamp. Bird movement was negligible and calls/songs were drowned out by the maddening din of cicadae and the roar of jets overhead on the approach to Reagan National. Noise from the surrounding traffic added to the aural assault. Birds observed/heard (17) on/around the island - Canada Goose Mallard Duck Wood Duck Turkey Vulture Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard) Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Kingbird Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren (heard) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Baltimore Oriole American Robin Northern Cardinal (heard) American Goldfinch Tom Marko tlmarko@us.med.navy.mil Member-Maryland Ornithological Society/Montgomery County Chapter ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================