Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:27:44 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kurt Schwarz Subject: HowCo Big Sit! The weather was lovely, but the birds, frankly, were few and far between. The HowCo GoAwayBirders logged a total of 40 species, only one better than our worst year, 2002, when we got 39. A total of 9 took part, all HowCo stalwarts. Highlights were Great Horned Owl, Greater Yellowlegs, Northern Harrier, an awesome, soaring Red-tailed Hawk, a few Broadwings, and both regular accipiters. The raptors were the only highlight! I suppose it should be good news, but we couldn't even get a House Finch or House Sparrow! Given the proliferation of Big Sits in Maryland, all in much more birdy locales, the HowCo Big Sit! may go into hiatus on '04. Kurt Schwarz Chief Go Away Bird HowCo goawaybird@comcast.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================