Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:53:07 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Meghan Tice Subject: Re: Swans over Bowie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Went out at 9:15 pm last Tuesday night (18 March) and wandered around BAR= C (Springfield Road between Good Luck and Powder Mill Roads) for two hour= s intending to listen to frogs, toads, and owls. Heard some wood frogs, = American toads in one location, peepers galore, and some southern leopard= s. It was a noisy night for Canada goose and tundra swan migration, with= nearly constant flocks of both. Heard some barred owls and also flying = squirrels. Very near Bowie... Thanks, Meghan Tice Glenn Dale, Prince George's County cecropia13@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Frederick W. Fallon Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:52 AM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Swans over Bowie =20 We tend to think of Tundra Swans as primarily diurnal migrants, but on Sat eve a flock was heard flying north over S Bowie at 8:15 pm, calling distinctly and even awesomely. Though not visible in the dark, I estimated they numbered between 50 and 100 by the length of time they took to pass over. Their flight path was as if following Rt 301. I wonder if anyone else in Bowie heard these swans. An atlas-motivated owl prowl with Paul Nistico early the next morning in the Piscataway area turned up 2 Screech, 4 Barred, and 1 Great Horned. Fred Fallon Bowie fwfallon@earthlink.net =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 =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 =========================================================================