Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:59:07 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Kent Co. morning walk - Orange-crowned Warbler MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everybody, The yard was alive with birds for awhile this morning so I took a short = morning walk here at Chesapeake Landing to see what was around. The walk = and yard were good for 57 species today. Warblers included: 1 = ORANGE-CROWNED skulking and calling in goldenrod and blackberry in the = meadow on Elbon Rd; 2 parulas; 2 Magnolia; 2 Black-throated Blues; 2 = Black-throated Greens; 1 Blackburnian; 1 Pine; 2 Black-and-whites; 1 = redstart; and 8 yellowthroats. Also of note were a Pileated Woodpecker; = 4 sapsuckers; 6 White-throated Sparrows (our first here this fall); a = Swainson's Thrush feeding on dogwood berries here; and 2 Purple Finches = on our feeder. Good Birding, =20 Walter Ellison 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 =========================================================================