Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:20:26 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Weekend on the Shore MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Carroll County Bird Club enjoyed a weekend field trip on the = Eastern Shore. We tallied 145 species for the trip. Here are the = highlights: Saturday, 10/11/03 - One Hudsonian Godwit and one Marbled Godwit hiding = in the flock of 300+ Avocets at Bombay Hook. A Vesper Sparrow with a = mixed flock of other sparrows at Port Mahon. Sunday, 10/12/03 - An exciting morning on Assateague with Big Sit team. = Later, a Western Kingbird at West in Somerset County. Monday, 10/13/03 - One Gannet at the Ocean City inlet where migrant = landbirds were coming in from the ocean at sunrise and landing on = anything in sight. A junco landed next to us as we unloaded the = telescopes from the car. A Swamp Sparrow landed on the drift fence near = the jetty. A Yellowthroat landed next to another car and hopped under = it and up into the wheel well. Two Flickers in across the inlet. A = Waxwing, Myrtle Warblers, and White-throated Sparrows were easily = identifiable as they headed for the six small pine trees next to the = Life Saving Station Museum. Later we saw a Phoebe, a Field Sparrow, and = a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in those trees. An Eared Grebe was at the = Hurlock sewage lagoons with Ruddy Ducks and Shovelers in the NE pond. = An immature White-fronted Goose was at the Chestertown sewage lagoons = feeding with a large flock of Canada Geese on the grassy slope outside = the south end of the near pond. One adult Ross' Goose was at the pond = on Great Oak Road in Kent County with about 1,000 Snow Geese and 1,500 = Canada Geese Bob Ringler Eldersburg, Md ringler@qis.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 =========================================================================