Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:36:43 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Christian Kessler Subject: Re: APG Birds 11/24 (Harford) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris -- this Chris would appreciate directions. I'd be coming across the bridge on Rt. 50 to get there, I imagine. thanks much in advance. jck Chris Starling wrote: >Greetings, > >Birding today at work was dismall at best! I think I only had 15 >species in 1.5 hours!!! I still managed to locate my first Towhee of >the year. I also found the Red-headed Woodpecker at its usual spot on >here on post. The coolest thing I found to day was a single branch on a >tree along the Gunpowder River that hosted 25 Eastern Bluebirds. The >birds were strikingly blue against the snowy back drop. The birds were >also VERY tightly packed in together. I bet the whole strand of 25 >birds nesstled together took up only 30 inches of the branch. It was >the neatest thing! Where's the camera when you need it! > >Off Topic: Since I mentioned the snow, yesterday in Kent County, >Delaware I visited Cartanza Road (off Del. 9). Here I found at least >300 Snow Buntings scattered about a tundra-like corn field. There were >also equal numbers of Horned Larks. A Lapland Laongspur has been >reported there but I was too cold to really look for it. If anyone >wants directions email me off line. > >Good Birding >Chris Starling >North East, MD > >======================================================================= >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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================