----- Original Message ----- 
From: Larry/Jean Fry 
To: The Brodericks 
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:43 PM
Subject: Worcester County Sightings South of Berlin-- Wilson's Snipe


Don

 

Would you please post this message to the Tri-County List and also to  MD Osprey.      Thanks

 

Today Pete  and Cele Zerhusen and Larry and Jean Fry had a very nice lunch at the Globe  in  Berlin and then  drove south of that town checking the fields.

 

Wilson's Snipe  --  Worcester  County     Delorme    page  35    Grid  C4

 

Though described by  Sibley and others as a solitary  bird which may gather in  loose groups of up to 10,  today we found  at least  25  Wilson's  Snipes  feeding together in a  muddy field near  Newark,  MD.   The birds were actively probing and feeding on earth worms and other creatures  very close to our vehicle.  By  very close I mean less than  10 feet.   Directions:  West  and south of the intersection of  Bethards Road  and Patey Woods  Road there is a muddy field with tractor tracks in front of a small yellow house.    The Snipe    were in the field along with  Robins, Mourning Doves,  and many Starlings.    Time of observation   4:15  to  5   PM.      Take your camera!   Alas  I didn't have mine.

 

Other sightings.

 

   Evans  Road,   Cedar Lane:   White Crowned Sparrows---none.

 

Evans Road  and Ironshire Station Roads:   Small groups  of  Meadowlarks  and Horned Larks  at  various places.

 

Bethards Road  about  one-half mile  west  of intersection with  Ironshire Station Road:   Large flock of Savannah Sparrows.

 

 

Bethards Road  just  north of  intersection with  Patey  Woods  Road:   Two   Pine Warblers  and Bluebirds

 

Patey Station Road  one-half mile south of  intersection with Bethards  Road:  One  Screech  Owl  Gray  phase perched on  deciduous saplings in  remnants of  lumbered  pine forest.

 

Pete and Cele Zerhusen

Larry and Jean Fry