Hi all,

Saturday, I went dirding near the Longview golf course near where I live in 
Cockeysville.

Anyway, there is an area that is signed as being a "natural" area.  Yet all 
the treess are being cut down and the area is being cleared.  So much for 
being natural.

The highlights were a pair of (out in the open) Fox Sparrow, a Swamp Sparrow 
down by the stream that feeds into the ponds near the Historical Society 
building, a Red Shouldered Hawk, (what I believe to be) an Eastern Towhee, 
and several Flickers.

I also had a white bird zoom over my head as i walked from the county 
maintenance building on Galloway Ave.  It was owl size of so, and I heard no 
wing flap as it flew by me.  I can't imagine what it was.  The only bird 
that comes to mind is a gull, but what would a gull be doing in a woodsy 
area?  The only white owl would be a snowy and most owls would not be out 
during the day.  Strange.

good birding,
Richard

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