------ =_NextPart_000_01BD71D7.FC5CF620 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lou: I agree on the bag pipes. They're like haggis. It takes a while to = enjoy - maybe never. Next time, scan the Patuxent River, also. = Sometimes there are some good birds there. The second park visited is = the Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Nature Center. Check out Arlene Ripley's = web site at Http://www.nestbox.com/ftfc.htm for what's happening at Flag = Ponds Nature Park and other intersesting birding stuff. Jack Leighty Huntingtown jleighty@chesapeake.net ---------- From: Lou Shomette[SMTP:lshomett@maa.org] Sent: Monday, April 27, 1998 11:08 AM To: MDOsprey@ARI.Net Subject: Calvert Co - Saturday morning Hi all, =20 Sharon and I spent Saturday morning at Jefferson Patterson Park and = Walnut Creek Cypress Swamp located in Calvert County. We first = went=20 to Walnut Creek Cypress Swamp. Upon reaching the entrance, we = noticed=20 that the park didn't open until 10 a.m. So we headed to Jefferson=20 Patterson Park. We were greeted by the sound of Bagpipes -- the=20 annual Celtic Festival was scheduled for the park that day. =20 Fortunately, there was virtually no one there except the Festival=20 staff. =20 We started down the trail by the Park Gift Shop, saw three CHIPPING = SPARROWS at the entrance of the trail. Within 30 feet of the trail = we=20 heard a Tanager song. We followed the trail back out to the field = and=20 were treated to two SUMMER TANAGERS. A couple of minutes later = three=20 Zebra Swallowtails perched near by for camera shots. Along the = field=20 (where cars were starting to be parked for the festival) we heard = many=20 NORTHERN PARULAS and two YELLOW WARBLERS. =20 =20 Back on the trail we heard/saw two YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, BARRED = OWL=20 (heard), many BLUE/GRAY GNATCACHERS, a PINE WARBLER, two LOUISIANA=20 WATERTHRUSHES, two SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, and a RED-EYED VIREO. The = Bagpipe=20 music, which started out being novel, became quite annoying. Do = they ever=20 finish a song? or is it the same one for hours and hours! When we=20 finished birding the trail, we came out of the woods to see = hundreds of=20 cars in the first field and literally a thousand people - many = dressed in=20 Irish garb. =20 Time to move on. At Walnut Creek Cypress Swamp, NORTHERN PARULAS = were=20 everywhere. Never a time when we didn't hear one. Two = PROTHONOTARY=20 WARBLERS chasing each other throughout the swamp. A couple of = LOUISIANA=20 WATERTHRUSH, a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and a CATBIRD (near the = parking=20 lot.) Three BLACK VULTURES circling over head. =20 Great weather and great birds. Let's get these warblers up to = Howard=20 County! =20 Lou Shomette Columbia, MD =20 =20 ------ =_NextPart_000_01BD71D7.FC5CF620 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 eJ8+Ih4QAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAENgAQAAgAAAAIAAgABBJAG AAwBAAABAAAADAAAAAMAADAPAAAACwAPDgAAAAACAf8PAQAAAD8AAAAAAAAAgSsfpL6jEBmdbgDd AQ9UAgAAAABtZG9zcHJleUBBUkkuTmV0AFNNVFAAbWRvc3ByZXlAQVJJLk5ldAAAHgACMAEAAAAF AAAAU01UUAAAAAAeAAMwAQAAABEAAABtZG9zcHJleUBBUkkuTmV0AAAAAAMAFQwBAAAAAwD+DwYA AAAeAAEwAQAAABMAAAAnbWRvc3ByZXlAQVJJLk5ldCcAAAIBCzABAAAAFgAAAFNNVFA6TURPU1BS RVlAQVJJLk5FVAAAAAMAADkAAAAACwBAOgEAAAACAfYPAQAAAAQAAAAAAAAPISwBCIAHABgAAABJ UE0uTWljcm9zb2Z0IE1haWwuTm90ZQAxCAEEgAEAIgAAAFJFOiBDYWx2ZXJ0IENvIC0gU2F0dXJk YXkgbW9ybmluZwBoCwEFgAMADgAAAM4HBAAbAAwAHAAUAAEAMQEBIIADAA4AAADOBwQAGwAMABwA FAABADEBAQmAAQAhAAAAOEYxMkI3NjdDMkRERDExMTgwOUFGNENGMDRDMTA2MjcAJwcBA5AGAHwJ AAASAAAACwAjAAAAAAADACYAAAAAAAsAKQAAAAAAAwA2AAAAAABAADkAQDPufflxvQEeAHAAAQAA ACIAAABSRTogQ2FsdmVydCBDbyAtIFNhdHVyZGF5IG1vcm5pbmcAAAACAXEAAQAAABYAAAABvXH5 fe5ntxKm3cIR0YCa9M8EwQYnAAAeAB4MAQAAAAUAAABTTVRQAAAAAB4AHwwBAAAAGAAAAGpsZWln aHR5QGNoZXNhcGVha2UubmV0AAMABhCCUqCNAwAHEO4HAAAeAAgQAQAAAGUAAABMT1U6SUFHUkVF T05USEVCQUdQSVBFU1RIRVlSRUxJS0VIQUdHSVNJVFRBS0VTQVdISUxFVE9FTkpPWS1NQVlCRU5F VkVSTkVYVFRJTUUsU0NBTlRIRVBBVFVYRU5UUklWRVIsAAAAAAIBCRABAAAA8wcAAO8HAABRDgAA TFpGdQaCJMf/AAoBDwIVAqgF6wKDAFAC8gkCAGNoCsBzZXQyNwYABsMCgzIDxQIAcHJCcRHic3Rl bQKDM7cC5AcTAoM0EswUxX0KgIsIzwnZOxefMjU1AoAHCoENsQtgbmcxMDMvFFALChRRC/JjAEAg TEUIYDoKhUkgYQnCIFECICB0aB2QYh1QIIZwBSAHkC4gIFQd8IR5JxegIGxpax2Q2RGAZ2cEAB6x SQVAAZDDH4AEIGEgd2gDEB2QCHRvIAnwam95ICQtIADAeWIdkG5lbnYEkB6xB8B4IFEHcSwOIATw A5Ed4lBhdHXmeAnwBUBSaSKBI3AHQPRzbx6xUwNwEcAHcx3hHx8xCsAdkCVAB4AgZ2/7BHAeEGkL ICYVHrQjgAWRRm4nUAqxayB2BABprxPQJ1AEAB3TQiQwdCEh5kMJ0SkwQ3kTUAeQBkFwd2FtcAew JDEfMUPrJHEik0Md8GMpMAhgBUB/BxAhICJgJKELUB8BBCB3vGViI4ApgR1ABUBIAkCgcDovL3cv wC4iYJMTwAbgeC4FoG0vAYDBEWAuaHRtIAIQBcDvIPAkMC5hEYBwHoADABqg7S8SRgtgHkBQKMEH oSwE7yQgKSEAcCdQbyYyKcAsgr8RsBPAMmIncjJiE8B1DdAaLgqFSgDQKTBMZWnKZzEQeQqFSHUC MDJhaSFQd24KhWohIDdzQLcRcAeQMhBlIIEv8XQKhSMKix9gMTQ0AtFpLc88IwzQPCMLWTE2CqAD YPUT0GMFQC0+xwqHPXsMMPU+RkYDYTo/zj5GDIIccg0GAGglohPQW1NNVCxQOiUwQ9RAAMBhLvkF sGddP29AfQZgAjBBr91Cu00owSIQI3BBE1ADEYQyNyNwMTk5OErgyDE6MEsgQU1Fv0B9jFRvR/9J DERPcysx4TnAQVJJLgfAOrZMP3FHN3Viaj6BTe9Cu0P/B0AigQVACFAh0QYQLBFKAX8h8AWwMlI6 zxs/PkZZc0jyaSURbCxXVVlzWkpDwP8KwB2xNEIdME/wJHJV7i8S/koNwTURHbEkITUCXqM0FfVa SlcHQG4tYSq/K8EXMF8joCmTA6BVGDhBeR6xV/8dkDxwEaAFQC6QJIFaSiFR52DPK1cesVVwHbEX oADQryEAMnEd4iRxcgBwYyNh9y6QIlA0gGlpUF/sHeAvIUcd4ikDNeBkbicFQG89MjEgOEIDIBrA HUAube8esCWQaYId8GENsCdQIVH/XjhaSl7cZAQukB8xCcIpkr5iIcAd4iVAOEA0YWYqMf5nHmM+ sR3TWkoAcGYwB0DdLFFsaeEywDVCdnTxK6DnBCAE8B3wZHUhICdQMVLfa1drA0oBHrFaSkYXQThA /WKhbEohJjR2IilQeWFaAf8hwGnAHaEhMSZDIvBpUAUx7x3idZdaShPAYTZoWr9kMfd+IQAgKaFk OLEd02kRAxG7cfUz80cGkEeRQ9BwI3EOYQfgHeAdckNISVBQUElOR1r8UFBQUvxPVwXwayVo9nKy gQdkAvMpgGhhIDNtEF5gEcCGi99pgn6KbeELICDBVABwHVD7NLFekWdkBQbwFzAukG4x/4EYNxIt UiFRHeI8cHUwinG/X91xI2kQOkApko2SdyFgQFNVTU1FUh7QQShOQUeQ4FMesUEg7QWgdS4hcrJt C4AtYAeR7wtgLJGDRX6KWi6gaSArgt+L8gGQAxAEIB6AcnZyIlF/CsFx8TFSI6AHgJSxRLF0vR6i QRcwaIWOBH6KKCDw/yZSI6ARoHEUgDNocyFgIjHvKQJ22V5gdbQpbaWKYQOBgyHAfopOT1JUSJDg xk4kEFBQVUxBhXEo0eGQYllFTEyFUGXwUFD8QkyRZH6PodUqQC0igOptnTYvgxOgNy2fAIVAQdhU RUSgxyNwQoUhpgHthVBMmNyKMykjcJ3DoQCAVUUvR1JBWYJQ8ZEwVENBg7CmgyDQg/EeRaDGefGQ caCQVUlTvkmRIV/8peGe8Z+AU58Qy6ahkGNIUFBQLa3AhADnqtCmEK5wV0uqYijRINCZpwEtRaBg phBWSacATk8oJXL1WvttdQCQY/9pcSEAEXCAJy1SIjAyYmnAjyKAWiCbYZbyIHF1LuPvdMAhsDJh HrFEjaMhwCJyv1r7PHADAESwIMGLMj8doP80wQQgKYByFLUye4IxUkPQ7whwILEo0bqjIWChHfAD oP+JTbgUccI1xYEHaXO1Iy1S/4aVkHAEcCYRIWARsB+RcoH/F6EEIHLBoYqaE2LxjcRkgv+OCB9g LJF7AyDQHeAIYDoQ/SjSZWxQISEh4p3hwPEEEFtixKGKSQUQuFFnCsBi/35/yJYHYiFCBGAigB2h kZL/BUBmDytXI3Ce33EjyFoicv55mbMis7cSxKHJ4pmxu/Pfa+WKMntyHrKQcVCFQJ8A9k/M4JEQ UqmgrHyg9JHQ/xGAAJAycWgyNHWDUQhgN4D/jVMoYmdlkcqr36zuqnKlP2eg5K+lqgBUQrCwphAo n5Yza1YyYshaFzB0Lp0Qbx7RHXKhAKoQS7CQn5BU7lWnANSBJ4BjH2AycbSh77qBbfHIT+HGR4/C LoEkMP80ojRCCcEvISdzHrE3UDHC/4rwazMRsHYRyCAhIJoxkgC9IUJIOLCKUuGKY6Qh4Y//6OVD iudsCkAG0AcwI3BPwH/on+ys7d9Xj1id7yUWwQAB8gAAAwAQEAAAAAADABEQAAAAAEAABzBghyGx 9nG9AUAACDBAM+59+XG9AR4APQABAAAABQAAAFJFOiAAAAAAFU8= ------ =_NextPart_000_01BD71D7.FC5CF620--