Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 22:33:39 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Roslund Subject: Tilghman Island Birds on 9/25 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Autumn Birders - I just could not resist checking out Tilghman Island this morning, now that the weather has become more favorable for migrants. Some nice birds were around, though not in great numbers. Forty species were found, even though I was late getting there (10:30 a.m.). Highlights: Redstarts 8+ White-throated Sparrow 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Male) Gt Crested Flycatcher Catbirds - moving through - over 20 seen, including 14 together feasting on a single bush covered by grapevines Palm Warbler (Western) Field Sparrow Phoebe 6+ Brown-headed Nuthatch 4 Common Yellowthroat - many Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Kestrel Royal Tern 4 and two lovely Bald Eagles circling in the sky. In the region known locally as McDaniel, an access point that allowed viewing of the Chesapeake Bay revealed a loitering flock of over 200 Mute Swans. Les Roslund lroslund@bluecrab.org Talbot County Easton, MD 21601 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================