Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:19:25 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Denise Ryan Subject: Re: Oland Rd. lappies MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unless some bird-loving person tried to buy the property and not build = on it. It is a long shot, but I thought I'd throw that suggestion out = there. Denise Ryan Washington, DC -----Original Message----- From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On = Behalf Of Rick Sussman Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:56 AM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Oland Rd. lappies Hi all, Some business took me to Frederick yesterday morning, and on my way = home I decided to stop on Oland Rd. to see if the Lapland Longspurs were = still around. There is a huge flock of Horned Larks still feeding in a = manured field along the road (the site of the famous Snowy Owl in 2000). = There were numerous lappies in the flock, giving me adequate looks = through the scope. Many of the larks actually came onto the road to feed = (?) briefly before flying back into the fields. There wasn't a lot of = traffic, but the road edge is still mostly snow and ice so parking was = tricky. Also present was a flyby Harrier and a small flock of Tundra = Swans in the same field. No Peregrine. No Pipit, no Snow Buntings (while = I was there) that I saw. A word of note; while I was there a crew of construction workers were = erecting a large sign at the intersection of Rt 85 and Oland Rd. (I = think) informing that the site is for sale by a realtor, some hundrend = and eighty acres or so. Another sign was at the other end of Oland Rd. = at the intersection with New Design Rd. So get up and see these birds, = as the site may be houses by next winter... This is also one of the best fields for Upland Sandpipers... Rick Sussman Ashton,MD warblerick@aol.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================