Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 19:47:44 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Early atlasing in southern Cecil Co. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, I decided to scout some blocks I am working on near Cecilton today. I = had a very nice outing good for 78 species. There was a Black-throated = Green Warbler in our yard before I took off that I took for a good omen. = In the Earleville - CW block (where I will be leading a trip on Sunday) = I found 66 species (not all of them "atlas safe" of course). Highlights = included four confirmations, Pileated Woodpecker on Boyer Rd, 29 Caspian = Terns and a Red-throated Loon at Crystal Beach, and Great Egret, 2 Rusty = Blackbirds, a Golden-crowned Kinglet, Warbling Vireo, and 2 Yellow = Warblers at Stemmer's Run WMA.=20 I then went east to scout two blocks in the Warwick area along the = Delaware line. I spent most of my time in Cecilton - CE which includes = the town of Warwick and some upper branches of Bohemia Creek. I found 45 = species with 5 breeding confirmations -including Baltimore Oriole "UN" - = a confirmation sans live bird. Highlights were anotehr Great Egret = accompanied this time by a gorgeous adult Little Blue Heron on a beaver = pond along Church Rd just beyond the St. Francis Xavier Shrine, a pair = of Barred Owls hooting by day (with no "help" from me), four more Yellow = Warblers, an Eastern Kingbird at the intersection of Middle Neck and Old = Telegraph Rds, and 12 Cattle Egrets feeding on and around piles of = chicken manure (along with Turkey Vultures and starlings) on Old = Telegraph Rd just north of Warwick. I am not sure what the egrets and = vultures were getting out of those piles but they were definitely = gobbling down something. Sunday should be fun. Good Birding & Atlasing, Walter Ellison MD-DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS 23460 Clarissa Road Chestertown, MD 21620 phone: 410-778-9568 e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. = White (in "Stuart Little") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================