Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 13:36:49 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Roslund Subject: Lapland Longspurs in Caroline County MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A visit to the Sparks Road area in Caroline County was well worth it = this morning (between 11:00 and 12:00). Lots of Horned Larks and = Savannah Sparrows, and amongst them were quite a few Lapland Longspurs. = I counted eleven in one group. These were flying around in the company = of ~40 Horned Larks, but at one point the eleven chose to make use of = the road in a nice little cluster behind my car. A single Longspur was = with six Horned Larks along Mason Branch Road. =20 A single American Pipit was in the vicinity of a couple of Savannah = Sparrows along Sparks Road but a ways south of the larger group of = Horned Larks. =20 Les Roslund lroslund@bluecrab.org Talbot County Easton MD 21601 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================