Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 23:06:17 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Joel Martin Subject: Caroline County Dickcissels, 7/13 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Dickcissels reported previously by Walter Ellison and others were still putting on a good show this morning on East Cherry Lane near Greensboro. When I arrived one male was working both sides of the road near the stop warning sign; two others could be heard farther back on the south side, in the hayfield. By 10:30 they were getting pretty quiet but two could be seen on their perches with careful scanning. Field Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Ovenbird, Yellowthroat, Chat, and Indigo Bunting could all be seen or heard from the road. Just east of Day Road on Cherry Lane I stopped opposite a large, sparsely vegetated field that looked good for Vesper Sparrow. Two were singing in the distance. Finally as I was beginning to drive away I heard one close, then saw it on a weed stalk a couple hundred feet from the road. This was just to the left of the driveway to the first large house that's set far back on the north side of Cherry Lane, east of Day. Day Road was pretty quiet by the time I got there, but I did hear one distant Prothonotary in the flooded woods and an Acadian Flycatcher. On Ell Downes Road in Queen Anne's County, the fields on the SW side, where I presume Dave Perry found Dickcissels on June 26, appear to have been mowed and planted. Anyway, I didn't hear any in the area just west of Rt. 313 or see much suitable habitat. Maybe I was looking in the wrong spot. One Bobwhite was calling there. What a rare and beautiful July day to be outdoors! Joel Martin Catonsville, MD jcdlmartin@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================