[MDOsprey] Some Cecil Stuff

leslie fisher (gonbrdn@dol.net)
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:59:20 -0400


Hi All:
Marcia Whitmyre and myself did a little touring this am.  Courthouse Point
held VERY minimal water and 5 Least Sandpipers.  Also:
BlueGrosbeak- 2
White-eye Vireo- 3
Peewee- 2
Great-crested Flycatcher- 3
Black-white Warbler- 2
Empid. Sp??- 1 ( Very prominent yellowish wingbars & eyering)
Observed a female Indigo Bunting feeding a fledgling, numbers of these are
tapering off.
At Gunthers Pond there were 50+ Bobolinks in most variable plummage.( NO
water, )

Bethel WMA:
AMERICAN BITTERN ( 2) : county bird for myself!!  Thanks to Marcia for the
spot!!
Barred Owl- most vocal, responded to our pathetic imitations.
Green-wing Teal- 12 ( flyover )
Green Heron- 3
Great Egret- 1
Little Blue Heron- 3
Pied Billed Grebe- 1
Leslie Fisher
Cecil County