Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:54:45 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tyler Bell Subject: Alder Flycatcher at Flag Ponds, Calvert, 8/13 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Arlene Ripley and I met at 0700 to look for migrant shorebirds yesterday, = 8/13, at Flag Ponds park in Calvert. Not much going on there at the point. = A nice flock of 40 or so Sanderlings (I'm terrible at estimating flocks), = 18 Spotted Sandpipers, 3 Killdeer. Also some Common Terns working the surf = or ponds at the point. We decided to check out the overlooks onto Duncan's Pond. Not much going = on there. We spooked a single Wood Duck at the first overlook. At the = second overlook/blind, there was nothing. Then, from across the pond came = a "free-beer!" in the raspy quality of an Alder Flycatcher. It called = several times from its undisclosed location then flew back toward the = first overlook calling several more times. When it stopped vocalizing, we = went back to the first overlook hoping to either catch a glimpse of it or = hear it singing again. Neither happened. Anyway, it was a county bird for both of us. I checked out the Yellow Book = yesterday afternoon and noticed there were no reports or records for = Calvert. A quick perusal of Marshall's online county list showed the same. = Seems kind of unusual that all of the western shore counties have records = except Cecil and Calvert. I figured Jim Stasz would have found one long = ago in Calvert! Tyler Bell bell@acnatsci.org California, Maryland Wave that flag...wave it wide and high! Grateful Dead, U.S. Blues =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================