Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 11:22:35 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Chris Starling Subject: Cecil Bird Club Wildflower/Bird Trip Greetings, Yesterday (4/12) was the Cecil Bird Club's annual Wildflower and Bird walk along the greenways trail on the Harford County side of the Susquehanna river in Susquehanna State Park. The trip usually begins at the Conowingo Dam and continues south through the park however; the dam is now closed (again) due to the heightened security alert. Five Enthusiast birders and outdoor enthusiast were present for the walk led by Ken Drier. Due to the recent cool wet weather wildflowers were not quite in full bloom and the possible colors weren't up to their full potential. Despite this nine species of herbaceous wildflowers were noted. These included: Trillium sp., Dutchman's Breeches, May Apple, Trout Lily, Bluebells, Cut leaf Toothwort, Bloodroot, Pink Cress, and Spring Beauty. Spice Bush was also in bloom. On the avian side of things thirty-nine species were seen on the official trip with another seven picked up by myself after the trip. We saw all six probable woodpeckers for Maryland (only miss was Red-headed Woodpecker -if you can that as a miss...). We also did well on warblers as four species were tallied. Those were: Pine Warbler (1), Palm Warbler (yellow)(5), Northern Waterthrush (1), and Yellow-rumped Warbler (myrtle)(8). Other birds of note were Double-crested Cormorant, Tree Swallow, Eastern Phoebe, Chipping Sparrow, and Bald Eagle. After the trip Toumo Nieminen, a birder form Finland, and I went to Perry Point to check for the Ibis that I had seen the day before. They were gone however we did find Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, and Belted Kingfisher. Good Birding, Chris Starling North East, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================