Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:06:25 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Terrapin Park 11/24 -Orange-crowned Warbler MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, Nancy, Ian and I took a trip down to Kent Island yesterday and spent a = lot of time walking around Terrapin Park. We managed to locate 44 = species of bird and four butterfly species. Avian highlights included an = American Bittern feeding on tadpoles or minnows along the edge of the = northernmost impoundment just east of the North Beach, a good selection = of waterbirds on the Bay including 22 Horned Grebes, and an = Orange-crowned Warbler in the swampy area just east of the Maintenance = Area gate. The orange-crown was "classic" with its broken eyering, faint = dusky line through the eye, grayish crown and face, gray-green wings and = back, and light yellow underparts with blurry gray-green streaks. This = was one of the most prominently streaked orange-crowns I've ever seen. = In the evening we saw quite a few large bats feeding over Route 8 in the = southern part of Kent Island, presumably either hoary or red bats that = had roosted in the trees along the road. Good Birding, Walter Ellison MD-DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS 23460 Clarissa Road Chestertown, MD 21620 phone: 410-778-9568 e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. = White (in "Stuart Little") =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 =========================================================================