Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 21:21:45 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Kurt. R. Schwarz" Subject: Re: Ho Co (Centennial Park) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I was unable to make the HowCo Bird Club walk this morning, having family visiting. But I did get there at 2:30 and was treated to three Tree Swallows. I counted 27 Ruddies near the dam and a single male Bufflehead off the Concession stand. No sign of the Green-winged Teal. I did see a nice, adult Red-shouldered Hawk, and a lot of Yellow-rumped Warblers. Kurt Schwarz Howard County goawaybird@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Ott" To: Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 7:02 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Ho Co (Centennial Park) > Ralph Cullison lead a delightful walk around the lake this morning. 50 species were tallied with a huge flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS feasting on berries-easily over 100 birds. A very shy GREEN-WINGED TEAL at the wildlife end. BUFFLEHEAD and RUDDY DUCKS at the deep end. A group of winter plumaged CHIPPING SPARROWS by the gravel clearing had us wishing for their brown rumped cousin. As we were ending the walk RED-TAILS started to really move with at least a dozen in 20-30 minutes. We finished up with a magnificent BALD EAGLE- probably a 1st year bird. > {last week while sparrowing we had a lingering Bobolink. Pipits had increased with 60-70 birds and a few more Rusty Blackbirds}. > > Bonnie Ott > Howard County Field Trip Chair > Ellicott City, MD > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================