Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 15:36:36 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Denise Ryan Subject: Ovenbirds Rock Creek today 10/7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm the Atlas volunteer for that part of RCP, and I had Ovenbirds during the safe dates. They were most reliable south of the Equitation Field along the trail and on the trail from the Equitation area down to the creek. And from time to time on the really steep slope areas back where they found Chandra Levy last year. The Ovenbirds were very vocal, but visually elusive. Denise Ryan Washington, DC -----Original Message----- From: Rick Sussman [mailto:Warblerick@AOL.COM] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:37 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Rock Creek today 10/7 In a message dated 10/7/2003 12:06:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, JBOUGHTON@IMF.ORG writes: Unless I've missed one, this is the first reported sighting of an ovenbird at Rock Creak this fall? I've been curious about the omission, since Gail had mentioned them frequently last spring, and we had a pair in our garden a couple of weeks ago. Is it because the Rock Creek warblers are mostly fall migrants, and ovenbirds are resident here in the summer? Jim, I"ve had at least a couple of Ovenbirds at Rock Creek this season, though not at the ridge. Often they show up in the woods on the way to the maintenance yard. Rick Sussman Ashton,MD warblerick@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================