Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:58:26 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tim Carney Subject: Eastern Shore 9/22 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, On Sunday, September 22, I went birding on the Eastern Shore (12 = different locations) with Matt Hafner and Zac Baer. The birds were = extremely slow but I did manage to get four lifers, and there were some = great highlights. We started off at Terrapin Natural Area, where Matt and Zac managed to = get a Mourning Warbler. I was on the side of the road because I didn't = know to bring hip-waders to go into the muck, so I missed out on that = one. I did manage to get my first Northern Bobwhite. Really odd that I = should be getting that so late in my birding career (10 years this = October) but I'm still happy I got it. Another nice bird was the Osprey = that flew directly overhead carrying a large fish. We also had a few = migrants such as Red-eyed Vireo, Gnatcatcher, Parula, Magnolia, Prairie, = Redstart, Ovenbird, etc. Next was Central Sod Farms in QAC. Best birds here were a pair of = Merlins that we watched fly overhead (only about 15 feet off the ground) = from one end of the field, right over our cars, and across the next = field behind us. Also Yellow Warbler in a tree by someone's house. Tuckahoe State Park had almost nothing (Phoebe, Blue Grosbeak were = nice), but then we hit Adkins Arboretum. Not only did I get my life = Summer Tanager (a brilliant male that perched over us for about 10 = minutes), but we came across a Barred Owl that was perched at eye-level = about 12 feet away from us. It just sat and watched us. I got some = good photos of the owl (and a Black-and-white) ... e-mail me privately = if interested. Also had Parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Redstart, and = Red-eyed Vireo. Martinak State Park produced my favorite North American bird: a = Blackburnian Warbler. Also Pine Warbler, Ovenbird, Phoebe, and Red-eyed = Vireo. Possum Hill Road did not have my life Red-headed Woodpecker; I'll get = that one eventually. Hurlock Sewage Plant DID have my life Eared Grebe = and my life American Golden-Plover (3 juv that sat right out in front of = us in the middle of the road). Some other good birds here included = Shoveler, Ruddy, Blue-winged Teal, Pectoral Sandpiper, and various other = shorebirds (and a lot of gulls). Tanyard didn't have much, but Sharp Road in Talbot Co. did have Pewee, a = Myiarchus flycatcher, Magnolia, Pine, Black-and-white, and Redstart. = Pickering Creek had lots of nice birds, especially Semi Plover, a = "Traill's" flycatcher that we couldn't get a positive ID on (probably a = Willow), a baby Waxwing, Magnolia, Scarlet Tanager, Redstart, and we = heard a Chat. Chat would've been another lifer if I saw it. (I only = count seen birds on my lifelist.) Finally, we stopped along Presquile Road and Joseph Boyle Road, but = didn't get many birds from either. Pine, Black-and-white, Redstart, and = ANOTHER male Summer Tanager on Presquile, and a nice Hairy on Joseph = Boyle. Tim Carney =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 =========================================================================