Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:09:20 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Roslund Subject: Pickering Creek Wetland Birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At noon today, 4/28, the nice numbers of shorebirds were still around and were well lighted for viewing from the entrance road. Today I took the time for some careful counting, with the following results: Pectoral Sandpipers - 170 Least Sandpipers - 30 Dunlin - 1 Greater Yellowlegs - ~20 Lesser Yellowlegs - ~20 Also - Bonaparte's Gull - 11 Ring-billed Gull - 1 Laughing Gull - 2 Mute Swan - 4 Elsewhere on the grounds - Palm Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Chimney Swift, Bank Swallow (1), Orchard Orioles singing, Savannah Sparrows (7), and Field Sparrows. Les Roslund lroslund@bluecrab.org Talbot County Easton, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================