Re: [MDOsprey] KITTIWAKE and LE CONTES (12/26)
Patty Craig (pattycraig@mail.ameritel.net)
Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:35:24 -0500
Hi,
Just returned from Florida last evening and heard of the Le Conte's
Sparrow. Bob Boxwell and I went to Jacob's farm this morning
(12-28-99). Nancy Mag. (sorry I can't remember how her last name is
spelled) was just pulling into the parking area as we arrived. I found
the Le Conte's Sparrow within a few minutes of arriving, but the others
only saw it fly. We could not relocated it until Tyler Bell arrived
when we all got satisfactory looks except for Bob. Both times the bird
flew to the smaller groundsel bushes just into the Phragmites.
Good birding and Happy New Year,
Patty Craig
Dameron, MD
pattycraig@mail.ameritel.net
I wanted to remind everyone that it is still hunting season and Jacob's
farm is, of course, a hunting area. So please be cautious.
Greg Miller wrote:
> Howdy All!
>
> Hope you all had a pleasant Christmas! Today (12/26)
> was the Pt Lookout CBC in St Marys County. Initial
> highlights include a LE CONTE'S SPARROW at Jacob's
> Farm and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE from Pt Lookout
> State Park.
>
> The LE CONTE'S SPARROW was found by Marshall Iliff and
> Jim Stasz this morning around 10:30am. They radioed
> Kyle and I and we raced over and were glad to refind
> this secretive bird within 15 minutes.
>
> Directions to Jacob's Farm (state-owned): South on Rt
> 5 toward Pt Lookout St Park (at the south end of St
> Marys County). Turn right onto Cornfield Harbor Rd
> for 1 to 1.5 miles (I didn't log the miles) until it
> breaks out of the woods into wide open fields on both
> sides. Turn left at the brown and white sign that
> says "Hunter's Parking Lot" and follow the dirt road
> for about 0.2 miles to the end. With you're back to
> Cornfield Harbor Rd, walk through the gate and head to
> your right, continuing around the first patch of
> phragmites. Head toward the middle section of the
> second patch of phragmites. Kyle Rambo placed a stick
> with a small rectangular, black and white John Deer
> parts box on top of the stick near the site. The bird
> frequents the medium-sized grasses 50 ft to either
> side of this marker. If the bird is scared, it will
> flush into the phragmites and will be extremely
> difficult to find. Please be patient and respectful
> in hopes that others will be able to see this bird as
> well.
>
> Kyle Rambo and I observed an adult BLACK-LEGGED
> KITTIWAKE today about 2:00pm. It was flying north up
> the Bay. It was seen from the end of the Fishing Pier
> at Pt Lookout State Park.
>
> Another good bird for this time of year was a single
> BROWN PELICAN, also seen from the Fishing Pier (a
> first for the Pt Lookout CBC, I believe).
>
> Gannet numbers were high with 216 seen by Kyle and I
> from Pt Lookout St Pk vantage points (the previous
> 15-year cumulative total for the Pt Lookout CBC is 142
> birds).
>
> Kyle and I finished a most enjoyable day of birding by
> kicking up a Woodcock at dusk. On our way back to the
> truck, the woodcock was "peenting" as it flew above
> the treetops. Ahhhh. Life is good!
>
> -Greg Miller
> Hollywood, MD
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