Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:27:03 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Chris Starling Subject: Re: Perry Point 9/29/02 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" after I posted this I went back out and at one puddle I found the following warblers taking a dip: Pine (1) Yellow-rumped (12 immature) Northern Parula (3) Prairie (1) There were more in the trees but before I could ID them a car passed and flushed them all across the field.... -----Original Message----- From: Chris Starling [mailto:christopher.starling@MED.VA.GOV] Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 11:17 AM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Perry Point 9/29/02 I birded the VA complex at work this morning. I didnt get out till about 9:30. by then the warblering was not to exciting (three Yellowthroats). Did get my first White-throated Sparrows (3) of the fall along with Song Sparrow (1). I also had a small flock of Cedar Waxwings (5) and similar numbers of Eastern Bluebird which have been absent all summer. With the lack of land birds I turned my attention to Perry Point's waterfront. i was hoping to catch tht Sandhill that was reported 15 miles up river (Conowingo) but that was not to be had... i didnt have a terrible day however. here is a list of the water-related birds and migrating raptors that I saw: Fish Crow (21) Belted kingfisher (2) Ring-billed Gull (1) Caspian Tern (1) Forster's Tern (5) Canada Goose (50) Mallard (12) American Widgeon (1) Double-crested Cormorant (2) Pie-billed Grebe (2) Great Egret (10) Great Blue Heron (5) Bald Eagle (3) Osprey (1) Cooper's Hawk (2) Sharp-shinned Hawk (2) Braod-winged Hawk (7) I was surprised to see the egrets out number the herons 2 to 1! Happery Birding, Chris Starling ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================