Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:52:59 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Half Way There - 2004 Big Charles County Report 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 Today I got to half way to my MD/DC Breeding Bird Atlas target goal. I = located the Yellow-throated Warbler at Nanjemoy that Mike Callahan = reported. I found three singing males in the area. On my way home, I = road by Mattawoman Creek on Rt. 225, and spotted Great Egret. This gets = me to 126 species for the year in Charles County. My goal is actually = 238 (Jim Stasz's life Charles County list), but Jim and I think 250 is = still possible. At this rate (125 species in three months) some = statisticians would think 500 is possible in the year. Don't I wish. =20 Other birds of note today in the Nanjemoy area, along the way, and at = the house in Waldorf: 55 Ringed-necked Ducks at Myrtle Grove 1 Female Hooded Merganser at the Rt. 228 mitigation ponds 7 Bald Eagle - Nanjemoy area Red-shouldered Hawk - along the way Barred Owl - Chickamuxen WMA - responded to my hoots - within atlas safe = date Red-headed Woodpecker - one at Bumpy Oak Wetlands and one at Nanjemoy = Environmental area. Red-bellied WP - at house and else where Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - female at the house Downy WP - at house and else where Hairy WP - Gilroy Rd. wetland, and house Northern Flicker - house and Nanjemoy Pileated WP - Nanjemoy Eastern Phoebe - two at Bumpy Oak Tree Swallow - Thorne Gut on Rt. 224=20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - house eating peanut butter Golden-crowned Kinglet - Nanjemoy Environmental area Eastern Bluebird - pair at Nanjemoy " Yellow-rumped Warbler - at the house and else where Pine Warbler - Nanjemoy area and Gilroy Rd. Yellow-throated Warbler - Nanjemoy Eastern Towhee - house and Nanjemoy 30 Chipping Sparrow - Nanjemoy Educational area Field Sparrow - one at Nanjemoy " " Fox Sparrow - four at the house and one at Myrtle Grove Song Sparrow - 12 at Nanjemoy 4 Swamp Sparrow - Bumpy Oak lots White-throated Sparrow - house and else where Dark-eyed Junco - house and else where=20 3 Rusty Blackbird males at the house in AM 1 male Cowbird at house - PM Heading to Cobb Neck again tomorrow hoping for a Red-necked Grebe and = anything else new. Good birding. Now 124 more to go. =20 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 =========================================================================