Bill,

Thank you, Thank you, for the confirmation that least terns are around
-- I'd seen one the evening before over Old Man's Creek where I live,
but only a glimpse of the bill and he was gone and I wasn't confident.

PS   Your grackle picture reminded me immediately of the "Mad Bluebird"
marketing phenomenon.   Find an intriguing adjective and mugs, calendars,
75$ framed & signed prints, and a whole page in the National Wildlife
catalogue are yours for the asking

Orrr

You might swallow your birder's oath of accuracy & peddle it to the
Baltimore Ravens.    I doubt they'd know the difference, but they'd love the
fearsome defensive linebacker expression.   I can see the sweatshirts now,
and check imprints, and beer mugs . . .  And pick-up sized decals for the
tailgate.

Leo Weigant



On 5/16/07 5:28 PM, "Bill Hubick" <> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>  
> Below are some highlights from near Fort Smallwood today:
>  
> Yard birds over morning coffee:
>  
> Least Tern--1 flyby
> Common Nighthawk--flew right through the yard at 7:45 a.m.!
> American Redstart--1
> Ovenbird--1
> Common Yellowthroat--2
> Blackpoll Warbler--2
>  
> Kite watch with Hans Holbrook from White's Pond access:
>  
> Great Egret--1
> Little Blue Heron--1 (I ran back to my yard to tick it on my yard
> list--birders are weird)
> Cattle Egret--2
> Black and Turkey Vultures--about 10 each
> Osprey--2
> Bald Eagle--2
> Sharp-shinned Hawk--1
> Cooper's Hawk--1
> Red-shouldered Hawk--4+
> Red-tailed Hawk--1
> Spotted Sandpiper--1
> Least Tern--2
> Eastern Kingbird--resident pair
> Barn Swallows, Purple Martins--several
> Yellow Warbler--1
> Northern Water Snake--1
>  
> Back at the yard:
>  
> Nesting Gray Catbirds
> Common Yellowthroat--2
> Magnolia Warbler--1 singing
> Fledged House Finches
> Eastern Box Turtle!  (found originally by my girlfriend Becky this past
> weekend)
>  
> Here are some fun photos from today, and from the World Series of Birding in
> Cape May, New Jersey:
>  
> http://billhubick.com/new_set.html
>  
> Good birding,
>  
> Bill
>  
> Bill Hubick
> Pasadena, Maryland
> 
> http://www.billhubick.com