Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 08:06:31 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "J.B. Churchill" Subject: WWSC, COTE, BLTE (Western MD) Hi Folks, I thought I posted this while in the field using my phone but I don't see the messages on here today (hmmm). Posting from the phone worked as of 3 or 4 weeks ago (sorry for the late post). Yesterday (Saturday 5/17) Meadows Campground 3 Common Terns and many swallows (Banks, Cliffs, Tree, Barn, NR-winged) Rocky Gap State Park 1 Common Tern (2nd summer) (thought it was Forsters at first but I noted the darker (blackish primaries incl. a wedge in flight) and smaller bill. The lack of contrast between darker underparts & lighter throat common in breeding adults also threw me off at first). 2 Black Terns 5 White-winged Scoters 2 Semipalmated Plovers North Branch on Saturday also: 2 Semipalmated Plovers 2 Pectoral Sandpipers 10 Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Spotted Sandpipers 4 Solitary Sandpipers a couple Northern Waterthrushes singing at the Canal YB-cuckoo 2 Warbling Vireos ORchard & Baltimore Orioles Mourning Dove on the nest 3 Green Herons I'd post May count results but I'm waiting for 3 different groups of people to turn in their lists. J.B. Churchill Morgantown, WV (and Frostburg, MD) ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================