Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:52:47 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marty Subject: Bob White Quail Comments: cc: southern maryland audubon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello All, I had a most pleasant surprise this weekend while birding on = Longneck Rd by car. Longneck Rd is a county rd about 2 miles north of = Point Lookout which winds thru about 1-2 miles of farmland with a few = houses, barns etc. Most of the fields are freshly planted or recently = harvested and they are edged with low hedgerows of mixed vines, brush = and trees, however the local farmer has been removing the hedgerows this = past year or so. As I left Rt 5 and continued on Longneck Rd I had a = very large covey of Bob White Quail walk, run and fly in front of me. I = was able to collect myself long enough to count 23 birds. This certainly = has to be one of the largest coveys I have experienced. On Sunday late = morning I noticed a single white phase Snow Goose in a flock of several = hundred Canada Geese along this same rd. Snow Geese can be difficult to = spot in St Mary's Co. These fields are also excellent for American = Pipit, Horned Larks and in some years Lapland Longspurs. In spring = migration especially when wet large #'s of Common Snipe are here also. = =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 Good Birding, Marty Cribb, Point Lookout, Md =========================================================================