Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:48:13 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marcus James Subject: Re: 3 Orange-crowned Warblers this morning (Sept.27) In-Reply-To: <18a.ee472c0.2ac6502c@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii You know Rick, I was thinking that you went to San Francisco, before I read it, because at the end of August, my mother, brother and I went there and I certainly saw a lot of Western Gulls and flocks of Brewer's Blackbirds, and so when I read those names on your message, I at once thought of that city. --- Rick Sussman wrote: > Hi All, > > This morning while birding for a short time down by > the aquatic park, my wife > and I had 3 Orange-crowned Warblers in a tree. They > were as vocal as the one > in Ashton this past Sunday, and that's how I located > them. > > Also seen were a flock of about 8 Red-masked > Parakeets, a nice juvenile > (western) Red-tailed Hawk, a pair of Anna's > Hummingbirds (spectacular male > and a female) a beautiful BLACK PHOEBE (lifer), a > lone Western/Clark's Grebe > out in the water, and many Western Gulls. A small > flock of Brewer's > Blackbirds followed us into a cafe to beg food, but > we told them we were > watching birds, not feeding them! Some other nice > sightings too, but we're > here for a wedding so haven't had much time for > birding, and as you may have > guessed, we're not home, we're in San Francisco! > > Sorry if I misled anyone, but I missed logging on > for the past couple of > days, and needed my MDOsprey "fix". Finally the sun > has broken through, and > it seems the weather may turn nice tomorrow... > > See you all later, when we return next week.Save > some good birds for us... > > Rick Sussman > Ashton,MD > warblerick@aol.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to > listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff > mdosprey > ======================================================================= __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================