Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:01:57 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Ho Co (Migrants) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Returned from vacation just in time to see a dozen LAUGHING GULLS = fly over (last Sunday). Today was my first opportunity to get out = birding and it was highly productive. Hit my atlas block and confirmed a = pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS feeding 2 fledglings. A couple of flyover GREAT = EGRETS, an early NORTHERN HARRIER. 40 BOBOLINKS and 8 HORNED LARKS. I'll = be searching very hard this next week or so for the other lark- as in = lark sparrow. I have it on good authority late august is the prime time = to look. A then of course September! (just a warm up for October). Bonnie Ott Howard County Field Trip Chair Ellicott City, MD bonnie1163@comcast.net =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 =========================================================================