Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:48:57 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Meghan Tice Subject: Chapman Forest, Charles County ~ 28 March MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Happy Spring, Chapman Forest, Charles County observations, Sunday, 28 March 2004: (a field trip of the Maryland Native Plant Society) Wood Ducks - pair seen at Araby Bog (also in Charles County) with nest ho= le in tree Common Mergansers - 3 males + 1 female on the Potomac Turkey Vultures Black Vultures Bald Eagles - adults seen and heard + 1 adult seen en route @ Mattawoman = Creek/Rte. 228 Red-shouldered Hawks - heard and seen Red-tailed Hawks - a low kettle along the Potomac with individuals callin= g Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher - heard Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Red-headed Woodpecker - a highlight for all participants Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe - (Araby) Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Tufted Titmouse Carolina Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet - heard calling and seen Eastern Bluebird - one glowing male seen along Chapman's Landing Road American Robin - song Northern Mockingbird - song (Araby) European Starling - heard at a residence opposite Mt. Aventine entrance g= ate Pine Warbler - heard trilling and seen Northern Cardinal - song Eastern Towhee - calling Dark-eyed Junco - song White-throats - song; a good number in one gathering Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackles American Goldfinch - song Not birds: Corydalis - in bloom, Cut-leaved Toothwort - in bloom, Goldenclubs - in b= loom (Araby), =20 Jack-in-the-pulpit - one plant up, Mayapples - just starting up, Skunk Ca= bbage - leaves, =20 Spicebush - in bloom, Spring Beauties - in bloom, 2 ferns, 3 lycopods; Assorted Mussel, Clam, and Snail shells along the Potomac shore; Cabbage Whites Orange Sulphur - one Spring Azures Anglewings - Commas/Question Marks; American Toads - trilling Spring Peepers - peeping Southern Leopard Frogs - calling Box Turtles - one male + one female + one deceased Black Racer - another highlight Meghan Tice Bowie, Maryland cecropia13@msn.com www.mdflora.org =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================