Looking for farmette 20 or so miles from Greater Wilmington Airport.............10-50-100 acres.....will use 5 or so acres for living with pond etc. and rest will be natural.......if anyone has a friend or so Will be eternally grateful.... beverly and arnie sher samson 4710-weatherhill dr weatherhill farms wilmington de 19808 phone/fax=302-239-1980 email=arnysher@bellatlantic.net you all would be welcome............to pursue hobby.........Awaiting your replies.......Many Thanks........Arnie GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU wrote: > Barry and I went down to Battery Kemble Park, DC, this early am to look for > a Black-billed Cuckoo that has been hanging around for a few days (found by > Ottavio Janni). We first heard it and then got excellent looks as it sat in > a large cherry tree, calling OO-oo-oo, OO-oo-oo... We got there around 6:30. > If you want to look for this bird, park in first lot and walk north (uphill), > listening for the call. The bird has been in the two very large (huge!) cherry > trees at the top of the hill, very hard to see but we finally saw it fly and > was able to get onto it. Two warnings -- it appears to be rather wary and > too close approach to the trees or even dog-walkers can send it off across > the street to private property, where it sits and calls out of view. Also, > it seems to be an early bird, at least as regards calling -- try to get there > before 7 am. there are tons of web-caterpillars everywhere so hopefully he > will stay around. > > Other birds of note at the park were several Blue-headed and one White-eyed > Vireo, Black-and-white and Myrtle Warblers. Not much else. > > Migration has been slow the last few days -- unfavorable cold NE winds and > the large storm system to our south has slowed bird movement. The good part > is that some birds are "off-passge" (like our cuckoo) and may stay for a few > days. At Rock Creek, the Golden-winged and Cerulean were seen yesterday, but > not today (we stopped by on way home). As is often the case on cold, NE-windy > nights, there were more birders than migrants this morning. Wait for the > warm Southerly air which is promised later this week! > > Yesterday we stopped for a while at Great Falls, VA -- again it was very > slow but we saw Wormeating and Parula (on territory), heard one Cerulean. We > met some other birders who had seen a Brewster's Warbler about 100 yards N > of the northernmost parking lot, in an area where Wisteria has overgrown the > hillside. We went there but no luck, it had gotten sunny and windy. Did find > a Nashville and heard two Orchard Orioles singing. > > Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper