Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:09:28 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tom Dunne Subject: Wintering Owl Search MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey All. I wanted to do something different last Saturday, so I opened my Mont. = County Birding Guide (put out by the MC-MOS team) and found a writeup = about a trail at Black Hills Regional Park (in Boyds) called 'Cold = Spring Run'. In the description it mentions finding wintering owls. In = my years of birding, I have not intentionally gone 'owling', so I = thought I'd give it a try. Total novice here! I don't have a clue what = I'm looking for or even HOW to look. I arrived at 'Cold Sping Run' about = 7:30 am. It was a brisk 18 degrees, the wind was up a bit, but being = inside the tall trees kept it bearable. I walked down the trail as far = as the lake edge, but didn't continue over to the Ten Mile creek side. = Just too cold! During my trek, I had a wonderful close-up view of a Pileated = woodpecker. Then found a Hermit Thrush. But not a sign of an owl of any = sort. Now, remember, I have no knowledge of how-to-owl. So, here are my = questions: - Where in the Mont. County area would I go to have best success in this = venture. - What does one look for? Where does one look (high up in the trees, = middle, near ground?). - What time of day is best? - Do I really need to freeze my rear off to find these beasts? Thanks, tom. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================