Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 17:32:36 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Marian Dodson Subject: May Birding with Chesapeake Audubon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The weather has got to improve and more birds are arriving daily. =A0 Join=20 Chesapeake Audubon for one or both of these walks in prime migrant habitat! Spring Warbler Walk=20 Location: Patapsco Valley State Park=20 Early May is the time of the year when the variety of bird species is the=20 greatest in the Park. Join Bill Ellis and Marian Dodson for this walk in the= Orange Grove, Glen Artney, and Avalon Areas to see and hear a variety of= =20 warblers and other spring migrant and resident species. Pre-registration is=20 required.=20 See www.chesapeakeaudubon= .org/fldtrips.htm=A0=A0=A0 for maps and directions.=20 Date: Saturday, May 3, 2003; 8-11 am.=20 Fee: members-free; non-members-$5.=20 Leader: Marian Dodson, 410-761-2671; evenings 6-10 PM or e-mail= =20 ChesAudubonInfo@aol.com=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Spring Birding on the Eastern Shore=20 Location: Tuckahoe State Park & Adkins Arboretum=20 Bird watching on the Eastern Shore can be very enjoyable in early May. Visit= =20 a few of our favorite areas near the Queen Anne's/Caroline County border. Tuckahoe State Park and the surrounding areas offer a combination of=20 bottomland forest, wetlands, riparian areas, farm and fallow fields. The Adkins Arboretum property provides habitat for a diversity of residents=20= and=20 migrants. Some of the target birds for the morning are Kentucky Warbler, Woo= d=20 Duck, Blue Grosbeak, Acadian Flycatcher, Scarlet Tanager, and a spot to=20 compare Orchard and Baltimore Orioles.=20 Date: Sunday, May 4, 2003; 7 am. Meet at the Rt. 8 Park N Ride (1st exit=20 after the Bay Bridge; go south (right) to 1st light, go left into lot across= =20 from K-Mart lot).=20 Fee: members-free; non-members-$5. Register by May 1 Leader: Mark Schilling. 410-203-1819, leave message, email:=A0=20 info@chesapeakeaudubon.org=20 =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 =========================================================================