Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:44:05 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Kent Co. Birds 8/31/02 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I went to Kent County today to look for the Yellow-headed Blackbird = and check the shorebird flock previously reported by Walter. No = blackbird and the shorebird flock was much reduced with no additions. = The birds at the pond on Fairlee Neck were: Canada Goose 15 Mallard 35 Green-winged Teal 25 Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 17 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Semi Sand 14 Least Sand 2 Stilt Sand 1 Short-billed Dow 1 Swallows - hundreds of Trees with a few Barn, Bank, and Martin At Chesapeake Farms: Great Blue Heron 6 Great Egret 2 Canada Goose 10 Mallard 250 Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Least Sandpiper 10 Bald Eagle - too numerous to count Bobolink 75 Eastern Neck: Highlights were an immature White-winged Scoter, probably flightless, 1 = OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and a few migrant warblers including 1 each of = Parula, Magnolia, female Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, and = Prairie. Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net =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 =========================================================================