Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:57:54 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Michael Bowen Subject: Frederick County sightings -- 1/2/03 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed While scouting today in Gary Nelson's sector for the Sugarloaf Christmas Bird Count (scheduled for next Sunday, January 5), I had my first 2003 records of the following species: TUNDRA SWAN (32 in a field east of Rte. 85) GRAY CATBIRD SWAMP SPARROW WINTER WREN GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (many) EASTERN MEADOWLARK (a flock of 20-30 south of Oland Rd.) This sector is to the west of Adamstown, Frederick County, and generally to the south/east of Ballinger Creek Road. Notable by its absence was HORNED LARK. We hope to find this species -- and its fellow travelers, Lapland Longspurs and Snow Buntings -- on count day next Sunday. Mike Bowen Bethesda, MD D.H. Michael Bowen (Mike) 8609 Ewing Drive Bethesda MD 20817 Tel./Fax: (301) 530-5764 e-mail: dhmbowen@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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================