Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 12:57:38 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: craig tumer Subject: monk parakeet in DC Comments: To: VA-bird MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Today, at the grove of state trees at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC, I saw a lone monk parakeet flying low (just above tree top level) toward the northeast. I lost sight of the parakeet when it flew behind a group of trees, but it didn't appear to land anywhere near the arboretum. Migrating waterfowl were in evidence with two flocks of migrating swans, totaling approximately 75 birds, and five flocks of Canada geese, totaling approximately 500. The only other bird of note at the arboretum was a red-breasted nuthatch in the evergreens just west of the parking area at the Asian Collection. Cheers. Craig Tumer Washington, DC __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================