Mt. Ephraim Rd whip-poor-wills/Sugarloaf/shrike
Andy Rabin (andyrab@wam.umd.edu)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 21:43:11 -0400 (EDT)
Dear David (and others),
I've never seen nor heard whip-poor-wills and would love to get the
chance to. Unfortunately, I don't have a DeLorme map. Would you be
kind enough to give me a clue as to where you heard them in non-DeLorme
language?
Roger Stone and I went to Sugarloaf a couple of days ago to search for
yellow-throated vireos and worm eating warblers and had great success with
both. Along with great views of singing worm eating warblers and a decent
view of a singing vireo, we also enjoyed looks at singing pine warblers, a
"posse" of black and white warblers, and two really cute young raccoons
scurrying up a tree (lifers for Rog). Thanks to whomever posted the trip
report about Lilypons/Oland Rd/Sugarloaf a couple of days ago (sorry- I
don't remember whose it was). We also saw at least a couple of
Dickcissels on both sides of Oland Rd, not far from 85.
Speaking of that area, does anyone know anything about the shrike that
was seen there on the Christmas count? Has it been seen recently? I
remember hearing that it has nested in the area in the past, but
information about the location is thought to be sacred, just like
information about the holy grounds on which owls nest. Is that the case?
Or can riff-raff like myself be privy to such data? Just curious.
Andy Rabin
Gaithersburg, MD
andyrab@wam.umd.edu
>
> Closer to Baltimore, there are usually Whip-poor-wills calling along Mt.
> Ephraim Road on the south side of Sugarloaf Mountain (DeLorme map page
> 55, B-6) on the May count. I have not been by there since to know if
> they are still regularly singing.
>
> Good luck,
>
> David R. Smith
>