Comp List Updates for 5/17

Fran Saunders (saunderf@ARI.Net)
Mon, 17 May 1999 19:50:53 -0400


Okay...some updates for earlier sightings first:

4/26  Black-throated Blue Warbler  Danny Bystrak  Jug Bay
5/8    Wilson's Warbler   Gene Scarpulla  Hart-Miller Island

Now for the new species:

5/8  Stilt Sandpiper    Blackwater NWR   Marshall Iliff, Harry 
and George Armistead
      Also reported by Rick Blom for Lakelands Rd Ponds in 
Harford Co.  around 5/10 (I don't have the actual date)

5/2  Whimbrel   Marshall Iliff   Truitt's Landing Road

5/9  Yellow-headed Blackbird  C&O Canal about 3/4 mile east 
of the Old Angler's Inn    Don and Marcia Simsonson

5/11  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  Matt Hafner   Susquehanna 
State Park

5/12   Olive-sided Flycatcher   Violette's Lock   Jim Green and 
Ann Lucy

Grand total of 289 (plus 4 possible new species).  Our 289 is 
72% of our state list of 403.  Way to go, Maryland!

MD Red Knots anyone????

Until next week......

Fran




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Fran Saunders
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Maryland Ornithological Society
Silver Spring, Maryland
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