Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:13:29 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Roslund Subject: More Talbot County Birds-Gt White-fronted Goose and others In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning (28 Jan) in the cold and wind some more birds showed up to help use the spot of open water on Leeds Creek in front of my house. Highlight, around 10 a.m., was a Greater White-fronted Goose (Greenland race) which became 'yard bird' #175 for this property. Another new one = for the year this morning was a single male Ruddy, and in late afternoon a = male Canvasback showed up. At least five Ring-necked Ducks were there, along with several Lesser Scaup. The single Pine Siskin was back again with its 20 goldfinch friends. Along the driveway I have cleared off a feeding place on the ground in the shelter of some bushes. Around 11:00 as the wind picked up, the birds at that site were eating quite frantically - and included a Fox Sparrow (1st here this year) and up to TEN Towhees on the ground = together at one time (nine males, one female). In mid-afternoon when I came back = from Caroline County, the driveway feeding spot was hosting the following: 30 White-throats, 5 Towhees, 2 Cardinals, 1 Bluejay, 5 Mourning Doves, 2 = Song Sparrows, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 Brown Thrasher and 2 House = Sparrows. 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