Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:51:26 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Carroll Co. Winter Count Highlights MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The 16th annual Carroll County winter bird count was held last = Saturday, January 18, 2003. We have a tentative species count of 76. = Our average is 81 but ice on the lakes knocked out a few species that = were present a week ago. Highlights were an immature Harris's Sparrow = at a feeder near Manchester, 2 Chipping Sparrows, 2 Phoebes, a Catbird, = and 3 Short-eared Owls. The Harris's Sparrow is at a house about two tenths of a mile off = the road. Access is by a steep icy lane. There is not much room to = park to view the feeder. Consequently I am not broadcasting the details = widely. If you are interested in looking for this bird I can send you = the details of the location privately. Since the homeowners do not = watch birds there will be no updates on its presence from them. At = least they put out a good feeder! It also hosted a Chipping Sparrow = among the many White-throats, Song Sparrows, Cardinals, House Finches, = Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, and White-breasted Nuthatches. = Previous Carroll County Harris's Sparrows were at feeders during the = winters of 1984 and 2000. Both remained into spring. Congratulations to Sharon Schwemmer who found the bird Saturday. Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.net =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 =========================================================================