Hello again,
        One last round of belated bird news to bring things up to date.

5/16 - A week of warm weather dried out the puddles.  All that remained were
2 Greater Yellows opposite the yellow house on Oak Grove Rd.  I did have a
Cooper's Hawk on the farm - perhaps a precursor to them nesting in the area
again.  Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager and Parula continued on Horseshoe
Rd at the stream crossing.  Vesper Sparrow had been scarce this spring and
not in residence at their usual spot on Oak Grove Rd for the first time
since 1995 (when I first found them).  There was one on the farm, sitting up
in a tree and singing for all he was worth.  Unfortunately, I have not seen
it again.  In the woods at the back of the farm, I found one more migrant -
a Black-Throated Green Warbler (#122) and also the first Hummer (#123).  May
16th and I have matched 2002's total and remain a few days ahead 2003 for
the same mark.
        One side note - I made a short foray around some of the nearby roads
and found a Northern Waterthrush on Hickory Hill Rd near Harper Rd, just
north of Oak Grove (Caroline County).
5/23 - I was up with the baby in the middle of the night and then could not
go back to sleep.  So I went out to listen for night birds about 4 AM.
Nothing - I cannot buy a Whip or Chuck locally.  Other than that, the
weather was hot and I was lazy.
5/29 - Atlasing some of the other regions on Seaford West CW when I came
across a late Blackburnian Warbler on Guard Rd (Caroline Co.).
5/30 - added a Green Heron (#124) on Horseshoe Rd among an otherwise
uneventful list of summer residents.  A 10 PM listening effort was once
again quiet.
5/31 - listened at dusk today and got a pair of Great Horneds dueting
(#125).  Lack of effort makes the owls come so late in the year rather than
a lack of owls.
6/3 - finally caught up with Cedar Waxwings around the yard (#126).  I think
they had been here for some time, but I am cautious calling them by ear with
all of the Starlings and their many noises around the farm buildings.
Another 10 PM effort failed.
6/6 - Another summer resident list of 52 species.  The most unusual was a
flyby male Baltimore Oriole at the pond which became species # 80 for the
Seaford West CW atlas block.
6/13 - An incomplete effort did hear a distant Vesper Sparrow at the
traditional spot on Oak Grove Rd.  First in this spot since 4/10, but there
is part of the field beyond the treeline to the south that was uncultivated.
Fallow field with lots of mare's tails is perfect for Vesper.  Scarlet
Tanager continues on Horseshoe Rd (new tick this year for Seaford West SW).
6/19 - A bit more interesting mid June effort.  On Oak Grove Rd, the first
nice find was a Cooper's Hawk that nailed a dove and carried it off.
Walking the railroad next to the cutoff woods, I heard 2 Bobwhite (#127)
calling to each other from the far end of the tract (end next to Kinder Rd).
I have been overly cautious in counting Bobwhite locally because they have
become so scarce and I do not want to mistakenly count Starling trash talk.
But I listened to these two for a half hour (and later from Kinder Rd),
there were no Starlings seen at all, so I am confident that they are good.
That is the lengths I am going to be sure of Bobwhite these days.  While
doing that, a male Kestrel flew by and perched for a while on the irrigation
in the next field.  Just passing through?  The final interesting sighting
was female Baltimore Oriole bathing in a puddle in the woods on Kinder Rd.
Does she go with the male I saw 2 weeks ago?  Will have to investigate more.

And finally my reports are up to date!

Good Birding,
Glen Lovelace III
Seaford, DE