Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:32:52 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Keith Eric Costley Subject: Ft. McHenry Update MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Jim Peters reports finding Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Red-breasted Merganser, a red Fox Sparrow, and Cadinals at the Fort this morning. Yesterday, an Osprey, and five Tree Swallows highlighted his monitoring. The American Tree Sparrows are still present. Jim will be leading a walk Saturday, starting at 8:00 am. MAR 15 (Sat) 8:00 am to 12:00 noon SATURDAY MONITORING WALKS AT FORT McHENRY. Park & meet inside the Fort at the visitor's center parking lot. Canceled if raining. Leader: Jim Peters (410) 429-0966. Fort McHenry. From I-95: take Hanover Street exit 55, McComas St (last exit before tunnel eastbound, first after tunnel westbound), north on Key Hwy which turns west, first left Lawrence St, left onto Fort Avenue, continue east to end passing through gateway into the park, and continue to parking lots. From the JFX, I-83, south to St. Paul St. exit, south on St. Paul becomes Light St., then left (east) onto Fort Avenue, continue to end as above. From the entrance, the wetlands are to the right; an asphalt path leads to the site. Meet just past the statue of Orpheus. Keith Eric Costley Randallstown, BC oriolekec1@comcast.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================