Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 20:49:52 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jason Waanders Subject: National Mall birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Philip Kline and I took advantage of a relatively slow afternoon at work = to get in two hours of birding on the National Mall (Constitution = Gardens, the Reflecting Pool area, and the DC War Memorial). 46 species = total; highlights were the following: Spotted Sandpiper (1, Reflecting Pool) Eastern Kingbird (1) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2) Brown Thrasher (1) Red-eyed Vireo (1) 3 Thrushes: Swainson's (1), Hermit (1), and Veery (2) 10 Warblers: N. Parula (1), Black-thr. Blue (4), Yell.-rump (25), = Black-thr. Green (4), Blackpoll (13), Black-and-white (2), Am. Redstart = (6), Ovenbird (3), Waterthrush sp. (1), C. Yellowthroat (4) 6 Sparrows(!): Chipping (7), Field (1), Savannah (3), Song (4), Swamp = (1),=20 White-throated (9) Also, on my way home tonight, while walking from Tenleytown to Van Ness, = I heard Common Nighthawks calling overhead. Jason Waanders NW DC jwaanders@starpower.net =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 =========================================================================