Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:00:30 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Roslund Subject: Brewer's Blackbirds in Caroline County In-Reply-To: <40180665.97878F4A@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Snow-covered fields lured me into Caroline County today (1/28) in search of Longspurs or Snow Buntings, but though several small flocks of Horned Larks were found, none contained the target birds. One road I searched was Cherry Lane between Crouse Mill Road and Clarks Lane. = About a mile north of Crouse Mill Road, a small mixed flock of Blackbirds caught = my eye - perhaps 40 birds, with 2/3 being Red-wings and 1/3 being Common Grackles --except for at least three others -- Brewer's Blackbirds - two males and one female. They were briefly on the ground in an open field, until a large tractor came by, and then all were gone. =20 At the 'usual' spot for Horned Larks and others (intersection of Sparks Road and Stevenson Road) the best field is covered by tall grass = and weeds. Today Sparks road, and the field to the east were also covered = with Snow Geese -- in the range of 10 or 20 thousand! I found several (3) = Ross's Geese amongst them, but no snow buntings. Near the grassy field there = were numerous quite chilly Savannah Sparrows. =09 Les Roslund Lroslund@bluecrab.org Talbot County Easton MD 21601 =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 =========================================================================