Dear MDOspreyers, In my other life (the one that does not center on birds), my son asked me to go golfing on Saturday. Wanting to learn something the two of us could do together, I was willing to go to Longview Golf Course in Timonium, even in the heat of migration. I did not even take binoculars with me onto the course. I could not ignore the birds, however. (My son was understanding about this.) Although I missed *many* birds (including a brushy field filled with tantalizing sparrows), with open ears and unassisted eyes, there were still a couple of surprises, including twelve warblers. Green Heron Canada Goose Mallard Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Pileated Woodpecker little woodpecker (sp.) Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Barn Swallow American Crow Fish Crow Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren House Wren Eastern Bluebird American Robin Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Cedar Waxwing Red-eyed Vireo Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Prairie Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler (singing) Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Indigo Bunting Chipping Sparrow Song sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch (singing) American Goldfinch Not a long list for the height of migration, I guess. But I did better with my list than I did with my game. Good birding, wherever! Don Burggraf Baltimore dburggraf@hotmail.com _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com