Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:22:16 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sharon Schwemmer Subject: Roadside birding Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hello all, I dropped my son off at school and did some roadside birding, after checking some bluebird boxes in the area near my home ( Carr. Co. ). Near Intersection of Cape Horn Rd. and Rt. 30: Tree Swallows--lots Bluebird-2 Canada Goose-2 Yellow-rumped Warbler-5 Barn Swallows-3 Various Stops Along Boog Rd. Red-winged Blackbird--many, many Bluejay-7 Robins--many, several carrying nesting material Grackle-12 Mourning Dove-8 Am. Goldfinch-3 Tufted Titmouse-heard House Finch-2 Barn Swallow-4 House Wren-heard Cardinal-2 Mockingbird-2 Gray Catbird-first for me this spring Chipping Sparrow-7 Song Sparrow-1 White-throated Sparrow-14 White-crowned Sparrow-8 Tree Swallow-2 Bluebird-1 Turkey Vulture-1 Northern Harrier-don't see too many of these here! Canada Goose-2 Flicker-1 and 1 heard Am. Crow-3 It feels like spring is here to stay! Happy birding everyone, Sharon Schwemmer Hampstead, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================