Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 08:37:17 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Halethorpe Pond, Sun., 16 Nov Comments: cc: "Charles A. Kucera" , Mark Hollis , Paul Canner MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks, It was an excellent morning for walking around the large Halethorpe Pond in SW Baltimore Co.--peaceful, calm winds, and somewhat birdy. New arrivals for the season in the area are JUNCO and FOX SPARROW. Of the more interesting birds seen were: DC Cormorant--17 Great Egret--1 Gadwall--3 pairs Hooded Merganser--2m & 1f Bald Eagle--1 adult Belted Kingfisher--1 male Golden-crowned Kinglet--3 Fox Sparrow--4 White-crowned Sparrow--1 imm (it's been here several weeks, half way up the gravel road along the north side of the pond) Stan Arnold Glen Burnie dy.dx@earthlink.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================