Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:12:56 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bonnie Ott Subject: Ho Co (BB Plover) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I had a good feeling about the morning when I woke to a BARRED Owl = calling behind the house and a GREAT HORNED perched in a tree and = calling in front of the house. We hit the western Howard fields and = started with a flyover BLACK BELLIED PLOVER. (Fairly uncommon for = Howard). A COMMON SNIPE was a first for the fall. 2 BLUE WING TEAL and = 7 GREEN WINGED were delightful. A SORA (juvenile) was skulking about. A = single SOLITARY SANDPIPER was the only other shorebird besides 40+ = KILLDEER.=20 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