Re: possible Loggerhead Shrike at Greenwell S.P. -Forwarded

Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@osprey.smcm.edu)
Mon, 05 Jan 1998 18:38:20 -0500 

Rob and all--

  Greenwell State Park is near Leonardtown, MD, in St. Mary's County.
Take Route 4 to Route 235, for approximately 5 miles north, to Route
245. Turn right on 245 and go about 1-1/2 miles. As you come up a
steep hill, watch for a cleverly concealed sign right at the
intersection for Greenwell--you'll be turning right on to Steer Horn
Neck Road. The airfield is about 1/2 mile along Steer Horn on the
left.  BTW, Lisa Lister, Bob Boxwell, and Tyler Bell all tried for
the shrike (at 1 and 3:30 p.m.) with no luck. There's a lot of shrike
habitat along the driveway by the old farmhouse near the airfield and
further along Steer Horn Neck Road (toward the actual park entrance),
so this may take a lot of searching! Jane Kostenko

>>> Rob Hilton <robert@csa.com>  1/5/98, 10:50am >>>
Hi Jane, 

Can you tell me where Greenwell State Park is?  

Thanks

Rob Hilton
robert@csa.com
Silver Spring.  

At 10:04 AM 1/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Ron Runkles e-mailed me today with this news:  Twice glimpsed a bird
that
might be a loggerhead shrike at Greenwell State Park, but did not
have
binoculars handy at the time.  Too small to be a mockingbird, and has
a
distinctive call note.  Both times it was on the east side of Steer
Horn
Neck Road, near the old farm house (the one by the model airplane
field).
Back in the early 1970s the Point Lookout Christmas Bird Count
regularly
reported a few loggerhead shrikes from St. Mary's County, but the
species
dropped out of the counts by the 1980s.  Could it be making a
comeback?
Ernie
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