Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 11:38:17 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tom Beal Subject: Big Day VA-MD-DE 5/14 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Took a window of weather opportunity and did a big day yesterday. 5:30-9:00 Huntley Meadows,VA 9:30-10:30 Monticello Park, VA 11:30-1:00 Governors Bridge Rd PRR, MD (with stops at a bluebird trail and staked out Kentucky Warbler) 3:00-4:30 Bombay Hook, DE 5:00-6:00 Port Maho/Little Creek, DE 6:45-8:30 Ted Harvey, DE 10:30- Midnight trying for owls in PG Co w/ no luck Highlights- 144 species Huntley Meadows - Blackburnian Warbler in parking lot just as I was getting in car to leave Monticello- after trudging through much muck looking for Red-headed WP at Huntley Meadows, a sharp eyed birder found one there. Should have gotten his name, he helped me get all seven for the day. Great looks at Cape May bathing. Governors Bridge- a RB Grosbeak in a tree next to a bush with a Blue GB Bombay Hook- another bird out of place, Black-billed Cuckoo Port Mahon- most Turnstones ever seen, not much else, very few crabs Ted Harvey- Black Tern! (sent separate post) Ted Harvey proved to be a good last stop. It provided the tern (and Royal Tern), Black Skimmers, the only teal, a Sora, sharp-tailed sparrow. The beach, accessible from the north boat ramp, had lots of horseshoe crabs and shorebirds. Got to spend more time there because after parking on side road (south end of DE Rt.9 near Air Force base is posted no stopping or parking) and looking for Upland Sandpipers on/near Dover AFB, it took less than ten minutes for MPs to drive up and ask for id, ask to search my bag, request that even though I was on public property to leave immediately, follow me back to car and all the way to Ted Harvey. If they stuck with me a little more they could have seen the tern! Tom Beal Glenn Dale, MD The list- Pied-billed Grebe DC Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Green BC Night Heron Mute Swan Canada Goose Wood Duck Black Duck Mallard BW Teal Pintail Hooded Merg (w/ young) TV BV Osprey Bald Eagle Harrier Cooper's Hawk RS Hawk RT Hawk Hawk Kestrel Pheasant Bobwhite Clapper Rail King Sora Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Black-necked Stilt Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Solitary Sandpiper Spotted SP Willet Rudy Turnstone Red Knot (not many) Sanderling Semipalmated SP Least SP Dunlin Dowitcher sp. Laughing Gull Ring-billed Great Balck-backed Royal Tern Forster's Least Black Black Skimmer Rock Dove Mourning Bb Cuckoo Yb Cuckoo Chimney Swift RT Hummingbird Kingfisher RH Woodpecker RB WP YB Sapsucker Downy WP Hairy WP Flicker Pileated WP Pewee Acadian FC Least FC (found a reliable spot near Baysox Stadium) Phoebe Great-crested FC Kingbird Purple Martin (not as many house seemed occupied along the way in Del. to Bombay Hook) Tree Swallow Rough-winged Barn Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Car Chickadee Titmouse WB Nuthatch C. Wren House Wren Marsh Wren BG Gnatcatcher Bluebird (5 eggs) Veery Swainsons Thrush Wood Robin Catbird Mockingbird B. Thrasher Cedar Waxwings WE Vireo YT Vireo RE Vireo Nashville Warbler Parula Yellow Chestnut-sided Magnolia Cape May Bt Blue Yellow-rumped Bt Green Blackburnian Yellow-throated Prairie Blackpoll B&W Redstart Prothonotary Ovenbird N. Waterthrush Louisiana Kentucky Hooded Wilson's Canada Common Y-t Chat Scarlet Tanager RB Grosbeak Blue Indigo Bunting Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field (tried 2 stops in Del for Grasshopper, no luck) Sharp-tailed Seaside Song Swamp Whtie-throated RW Blackbird Common Grackle Cowbird B. Oriole Orchard House Finch Goldfinch House Sparrow ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================