And I have discovered a N. Rough-winged Swallow nest with young in a drain
pipe in the side of a new bridge, built over RR tracks in Hampstead. I and
several others watched for 20 minutes while Mom and Pop fed continuously,
and carried away the occasional fecal sacs. The person who discovered the
nest is a new birder and was quite proud of her discovery,as was I!

Sharon Schwemmer
Hampstead, MD




At 04:49 PM 6/14/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>My DC Rough Winged Swallows must be right on schedule as well.  I
>discovered 5 fledglings sitting on a branch over Rock Creek Park at Pierce
>Mill on Sunday morning.  Some of the little guys were so anxious, they
>chased their parents around while they were gathering insects.  When the
>flighty fledglings returned to their branch, the remaining fledglings
>begged from their siblings.
>
>If you go looking for them, they are very noisy and easy to find just
>south from the main road bridge.
>
>Denise Ryan
>Washington, DC
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>Behalf Of danny poet
>Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 3:34 PM
>To: 
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Rough Winged swallow nesting confrimed Queen Annes
>Co
>
>
>Hi All  Yesterday  after getting some lunch  after leading a trip to Wye
>Island for the Mos Conference  I  decided  to do some atlasing in my home
>block near Queenstown   I  soon saw  some  Rough winged swallows sitting  On
>an  eleclric  wire  strung between a building and   power pole.  2  were
>recently fledged birds.  Soon the adult birds flew off  and returned
>bringing  food. The youngster flew out   to be fed in mid air  and returned
>to the wire . this was repeated several times while i was  looking on .
>      Happy Birding    Danny Poet   Queenstown Md      
>
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