Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 21:25:58 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Shaffer Subject: Scarlet Tanager, Chat, and Yellow billed cuckoo I went out to the parkland off of Governor Bridge Road (the old Issac Walton League property)near Bowie this afternoon (7/12) from 4 until about 6. Highlights were 2 male Scarlet Tanagers, 3 Yellow breasted Chats, and 2 Yellow billed Cuckoos. Also present were numerous Indigo Buntings, several Prairie Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, Northern Parula, Red Eyed Vireo, White Eyed Vireo, a Red shouldered Hawk, Field Sparrow, Goldfinch, several Towhee, American Redstart, mallards, geese, Wood ducks, Downy Woodpecker, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Ovenbird, Gnatcatchers, Eastern Kingbird, and a Wood Thrush. It was a pleasant afternoon before the storms came through. Fred Shaffer Patuxent MOS Crofton, Anne Arundel ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================