Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:22:59 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Recent Kent County Birds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everybody, It has been awhile since my last report from Kent County so I felt it = was about time I reported on the birds here. Nancy, Ian and I found that there were still nestling Barn Swallows in = the nest being fed by their parents on the 28th at Worton Elementary = School. This is a week later than the latest nestling date published in = the Atlas. On Saturday (30th) we re-located the summering Lesser Scaup on Great Oak = Pond, and saw a Cliff Swallow there. Today (Aug 31st) I took a morning walk here at Chesapeake Landing (near = Melitota) and had 43 species highlighted by five warbler species = including two Tennessee. This afternoon Nancy, Ian and I checked the = ponds at the Chestertown Wastewater Treatment facility off John Hanson = Rd. and found eight waterfowl species including 35 Northern Shovelers, 3 = Green-winged Teal, a Blue-winged Teal and five Ruddy Ducks (the latter = oversummered), plus 7 Caspian Terns. Good Birding, Walter Ellison MD-DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS 23460 Clarissa Road Chestertown, MD 21620 phone: 410-778-9568 e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. = White (in "Stuart Little") =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 =========================================================================