Begin forwarded message:
> From: Steve Kacir <>
> Date: June 1, 2006 10:21:41 AM EDT
> To:
> Subject: [de-birds] Extralimital? Dickcissels at Warwick, MD
> Reply-To: Steve Kacir <>
>
> Monday, I did a Route 9 tour, stopping for Western Grebe and Cliff
> Swallow and enjoying the birds of the season. I topped it off by
> making a run for the MD border to check the farm on Old Telegraph
> Rd for Dickcissels, as they had been there last year.
>
> The Dickcissels are back at the field on Old Telegraph Rd in
> Warwick, MD. There were two males, one singing from a support
> cable for a telephone pole and another singing from the phone lines
> about a pole past the first. I neither saw nor heard Grasshopper
> Sparrows there; although they had been in the area last year.
>
> To reach the spot, take Middle Neck Rd to Old Telegraph Rd, turn
> left onto Old Telegraph Rd and drive until there is a dirt pull-off
> on the right side of the road. The birds were instantly apparent
> due to their singing Monday afternoon.
>
> Here's a google map for Old Telegraph Rd at Middle Neck Rd, you
> should be able to get directions using this link (please note the
> red dot does not indicate anything about the Dickcissel location):
>
> http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Old+Telegraph+Rd,+Warwick,
> +MD&ll=39.443783,-75.775709&spn=0.014019,0.039611&om=1
>
> Anyone who is a member of MDOsprey, please feel free to post this
> information there for me, thanks.
>
> --Steve Kacir
> Norristown, Montgomery Co, PA |