The bird was seen yesterday. This bird has a history of being there on day 
and not the next (or next several). It seems that the best time has been in 
the morning but it is very irregular in its pattern for this site. When you 
drive up Cromwell Valley Road, you'll notice that there is lots of habitat 
for it to wonder to from the site in which it is being seen. I'd make the 
trip on the chance that you might hit pay dirt. On the other hand, if you 
don't try then you can't miss it can you? I'd rather at least try.

Ed Boyd
Westminster, MD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Sanford" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:14 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Cromwell Valley Northern Shrike - Not this morning


> Not that I would want to discourage anybody, but...
> I was at Cromwell Valley Park this morning from about 10 to 11 and
> talked to others who had arrived earlier such as Mark Linardi, Stan
> Arnold, and Leslie Starr. No one saw the Northern Shrike. In fact I
> saw or heard almost no birds at all other than the almost permanent
> female Kestrel on the telephone line. Also I saw a Cooper's Hawk
> arrive in the area as I left. That, and the uninspiring cold, gray
> weather, might account for the lack of little birds, and therefore
> absence of the shrike.
>
> Mark raised the question of how late Northern Shrikes have been seen
> around Maryland. I did a non-exhaustive search on Osprey and found
> that they have been seen in Talbot Co as late as March 18, 2005(Bob
> Ringler et al), and Anne Arundel Co (Stan Arnold et al) as late as
> March 20, 2005.
>
> So you have a whole 'nother month to find it at Cromwell!
>
> Steve Sanford
> Randallstown, Baltimore County
> scartan^at^verizon^dot^net
> -- Non lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.  -- 
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