Hi All,

I counted in eastern Garrett County today with Alan Grubb.  Perhaps the 
best birds of the day in our sector were 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS seen in 
two locations (2 dark and 1 light).  The first was a dark phase bird 
near the end of Pea Ridge Road in Avilton, MD and the second two were 
along Russell Road (west of Barton, MD).  Of those two, one was a dark 
phase and the other was a light phase.  I may have been the only one of 
the two of us to see the second dark phase bird as it was the highest of 
the 8 hawks in the group (6 Red-tails also).

I don't know if Mikey Lutmerding will have a chance to post other birds 
from the count any time soon as he is going awol soon.  As a point of 
getting info out ... (and I'm hoping he won't mind me posting some of 
his highlights) ... he mentioned a possible Longspur (smaller bird in 
flight) in the Horned Lark flock along Dorsey Hotel Road and a 
White-winged Scoter at Jennings Randolph Reservoir.

I put some photos of the Rough-legged Hawks that Alan and I saw today on 
my photo site ...
http://photos.jbchurchill.com/?q=gallery&g2_itemId=1005

J.B.

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