Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:58:35 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Horned Lark in Charles - #100 Comments: To: SMAS Comments: cc: Miliff@aol.com, blkvulture@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks Looking for field birds today in the very cold, windy open areas I = found # 100 for the year in Charles County. About 40 Horned Lark were = feeding on Serenity Farms, which is on Rt. 231 just west of the Benedict = Bridge. The birds did not hold still too long. I tried to search for = any other species in the crowd, but the birds were leaving as I arrived. = They all eventually flew away from the road and toward the north. = Later in the day in Indian Springs Wildlife Management Area I had = another 8 flyover and call. =20 This means I owe the MD/DC Breeding Bird Atlas program $100 (1$/species = I identify in calendar year 2004). My goal is to reach 236 species this = year in Charles Co. (Jim Stasz's life Charles Co list). Several others = on the listserve have volunteered to sponsor this fundraising event. If = any others want to support my effort to raise money for Atlas project, = please contact me. Thanks to Bob and Jo Solem, Julie Daniel, and Joe = Byrnes. Around the house I added Fox Sparrow for the year before I braved the = windy, cold weather. A male Cooper's Hawk, an adult Red-shouldered = Hawk, nine Black Vultures and three Turkey Vultures, and the 100+ Rusty = Blackbirds were today's highlights at the house. =20 This was not a good day to do field birds. I have a better appreciation = for wind chill, but did I need to? Stay warm. George =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 =========================================================================