Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:22:01 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Woodcocks at BWI Airport Comments: cc: Charles Kucera , "Colin E. Murphy" , Paul Canner , "Elaine T. Bullock" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks, After installing a wood duck box in a pond at the Andover Equestrian Center in Linthicum (N. AA Co.), I took a late-dusk walk along the BWI Trail (north of the airport) from the Andover Overlook to the bottom of the hill, close to Elkridge Landing Rd. I was hoping to find woodcocks, and was not disappointed, finding at least three. I first saw one near the trail make a low-level flight at 6:15 p.m., and then it began peenting 5 minutes later. While it vocalized, I could hear another woodcock above me displaying, but could not see it. Then a few minutes later I watched one impressive display lasting about 20 seconds. The entire show was over shortly after 6:30, but as I trekked back up the hill towards Andover Overlook, another woodcock went zinging past me. A very pleasing evening that leaves me very hopeful for adding woodcock to the atlas block tally. This is the same area where I had Bue Grosbeak and dozens of Grasshopper Sparrows last summer, both confirmed here for the atlas. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie dy.dx@earthlink.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================