Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:45:22 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Ocean City Sat. 1/18/03 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii HI all, Sorry for late report, rough weekend with my truck ran off the road near nassawango Rd. with minor damage on the front bumper. This road is thick with ice up to half inch. that a lot. Only went 30 mph on that road but still can slide off without warning. And had to work on night duty at firehouse Sunday night and repair on fire truck today. I pretty much have what the Cecil Bird Club trip have on Sat 1/18. I visited the inlet, the West Ocean City Pond, Skimmer Is, South Point, and in between two times on Sat. Additional birds were second year GLAUCOUS GULL from Rt 50 bridge and light phase subadult POMARINE JAEGER flew into the inlet then over the south jetty and gone farther to the south. At least 3 gannets in distance. Most of Bonies and possible one Laughing Gull following Ringbills over Rt 50 westbound to nearby fields. None of Bonies at inlet area. Small flock of 122 Greater Snow Geese west of West Ocean City, many sparrows, cardinals, towhee on roadside to South Point: White-throated Sparrow and Fox Sparrow were the most numberous along with Song, Towhee, and Juncos. On my way to Cousin Bob's farm near Pocomoke City on Nassawango Rd were hundreds of sparrows with White-throated, Fox, Song, Savannah, White-crowned, Field, Juncos, Towhee and cardinals. Farther down near the intersection with Dividing Creek Rd were 14 Horned lark and 1 Lapland Longspur on one side and 9 meadowlarks on other field. At my cousin's farm, there are one Phoebe and one Winter Wren seeking shelter under bushes next to the house from freezing wind With all that snow on every fields, most of sparrows are everywhere on both side of road in full force feeding on salt, gravel... Estimate over 2500 sparrows and other songbirds between Ocean City/South Point and Pocomoke City. Kevin Graff Jarrettsville, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================