Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 20:20:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Afternoon road shoulder birding in E. Kent Co. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, I did a whirlwind tour of the farm roads of eastern Kent County late = this afternoon to see what birds might be along the roads over there. A = lot of them were Horned Larks, over 330, with the best numbers 105 north = of Massey on MD-299 and 110 in Lynch. I also saw 44 American Pipits (35 = north of Massey), 33 Savannah Sparrows (22 near Clevers Corners on = Morgnec Rd after it parts ways with MD-291), 14 Eastern Meadowlarks (all = on Quinn Rd north of Massey), and a single Killdeer on Golts Road just = east of MD-299. There were lots of Snow Geese including a big flock of = 4000+ over Chesterville at dusk. I was pleased to find a pair of = American Wigeon on the small mill pond just north of Millington on 313. = The only raptors I noted (other than vultures) were three kestrels (a = male in Worton was snacking on a songbird), and a single red-tail. Hawks = may have gone to bed early this afternoon. 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 =========================================================================