Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 11:42:47 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Keith Eric Costley Subject: Cromwell Valley Farm Park (3-1) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Yesterday (3-1) six stouthearted birders joined me for the BBC's Cromwell Valley Farm Park walk. The snow-clad farm was a wonder to behold, and in itself was worth the cost of admission. We tallied thirty-three species in three hours; and Paul added five more species* to the list after splitting from the group. Near the end of the walk we saw a flock of crows mobbing a Buteo that had extensive light coloration across the upper wing. The underside of the wings appeared light as well. I did not see any dark markings on the belly or breast. We checked Sibley's guide, looking at the Rough-legged Hawk, and could not positively name the bird. We'll call it a Light-morph Buteo. Other highlights included a close-up Winter Wren; a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER feeding a sapsucker well; a Hairy Woodpecker; and the eleven Cedar Waxwings that came to us near the end of the walk. Thank you Paul Noell, Sharon Morell, Drew Thornblad, and Helena and Tomas Dahlen for making the walk a success. I had a great time. Keith Eric Costley oriolekec1@comcast.net Randallstown, BC ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================