Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:19:08 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Walter Ellison Subject: Chesapeake Farms - Green Heron et al. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, Nancy and I did a bit of early atlas scouting in Rock Hall - CW = including our first trip this year around the Chesapeake Farms auto = tour. Birds were a bit subdued in the cool, humid conditions, but we = found a few that made it worth the trip.=20 Avian highlights included 3 Pied-billed Grebes; a GREEN HERON; 170 = Northern Shovelers on the main pond off Ricaud's Branch Rd; 7 Bald = Eagles; six woodpecker species including a drumming Pileated; a Barn = Swallow; a White-breasted Nuthatch that answered my owl hooting (our = first at Chesapeake Farms); 3 Golden-crowned Kinglets; 2 Brown Creepers; = a Gray Catbird; a singing Swamp Sparrow; and 5 White-crowned Sparrows. = Our species total for the morning was 68. Best birds away from = Chesapeake Farms were a hunting male harrier at Fairgale Farms, a = Chipping Sparrow in Tolchester, and the Purple Finches still coming to = our feeder at Chesapeake Landing. Good Birding, Walter Ellison 23460 Clarissa Road Chestertown, MD 21620 phone: 410-778-9568 e-mail: rossgull@crosslink.net "A person who is looking for something doesn't travel very fast" - E. B. = White (in "Stuart Little") =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================