Re: Saturday and Sunday birding
Fran Saunders (saunderf@ARI.Net)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 17:26:53 +0000
I think that will do the trick, Fred. Thank you bunches. I am
determined to get my "Yellow Nighties" this week. We'll try
again one evening.
Fran
Fred said:
> I received a call on Saturday from a conscientious
non-birder,
>
> living off Sligo Creek Pkwy, asking the identity of 2 birds
> that had just arrived, visible from his yard. They can only be
> the YCNH's. (I was out of town from then until last nite, or
> would have posted this sooner).
> The location seems to be just south of Piney Branch Rd., and
> visible from "an unde\veloped 2-acre patch of land popular with
> birders".
> Can you re-construct the location from this description?
>
> Good luck,
> Fred Fallon
> Bowie, MD
> fwfallon@mnsinc.com
>
>
> On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Norm Saunders wrote:
>
> > On Saturday Fran and I drove out to Lilypons to get some stuff for
> > our pond and to do a little birding, as well. We were hoping for
> > Dickcissel and Upland Sandpiper but dipped on both those species,
> > unfortunately.
> >
> > Along Monocacy Bottom Road (no, no obvious shrikes there...sigh) we
> > saw/heard at least five separate BROWN THRASHERS singing and
> > displaying on territory.
> >
> > Along the south side of Oland Road, in a semi-abandoned field, we saw
> > a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW (accompanied by a small dance and
> > much clapping of hands when we realized what we were looking at!) and
> > heard at least three singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. The latter
> > weren't making themselves visible but their song was unmistakable.
> >
> > Finally, as we tromped around the grounds of the water gardens, we
> > saw our first CHIMNEY SWIFT of the season.
> >
> > All of these sightings were on Saturday, 18 April in Frederick
> > County, MD.
> >
> > This morning, amidst on and off rain showers, we walked around the
> > lower end of Lake Roland, in Baltimore County. We were looking for
> > Fran's MD "Yellow Nighty", as she has taken to calling them, but
> > alas, once again we dipped.
> >
> > Interesting birds we did see there included, in no particular order:
> > 4 Eastern Phoebe
> > 1 Barn Swallow
> > 3 Louisiana Waterthrush
> > 2 Common Yellowthroat
> > 1 Swamp Sparrow
> > 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
> > 1 Yellow Warbler
> >
> >
> > Following this, we returned to Montgomery County and birded along
> > Sligo Creek Parkway from its beginning on University Blvd to the
> > barricade at Piney Branch, with no luck looking for the Yellow
> > Nighty. As I recall from several years back, I saw the birds south
> > of Piney Branch, the area we couldn't get to today becasue they shut
> > it off for bikes on Sundays. Can anyone confirm that this is the
> > area for the night-herons this year? If not in this barricaded
> > section, then where, please? Fran is getting INSISTENT!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Norm
> >
> > ===============
> > Norm Saunders
> > Colesville, MD
> > osprey@ari.net
> >
>
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Fran Saunders
Maryland Ornithological Society
State Web Site Director
saunderf@ari.net
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