Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 17:11:01 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Janet Millenson Subject: May Count yields new yard bird MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit May Count was more challenging than usual this year; it was hard to make out the birds through the raindrops and the heavy swarms of gnats. Birds I heard but didn't see include Swainson's Thrush and Common Yellowthroat. However, I got an excellent look at what turned out to be a new bird for my yard list: Olive-sided Flycatcher! This certainly made the gnats easier to bear. Janet Millenson Potomac, MD (Montgomery County) janet@twocrows.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================