I was camping at Assateague last Wednesday & Thursday and took in the
Timberdoodle show there. In spite of fairly heavy rain on Wednesday (which
turned to a pretty dusting of snow during the night), they were up on
schedule at 6 p.m. Thursday they were up from 6:05 til 6:20. One year I
recall them putting on a show til nearly 11, but not this time, even with a
bright moon. On Friday, I woke up to one peenting at 6 a.m. - sounded like
it was nearly on top of my tent.

Only other interesting thing was a stereo serenade of GHOs in the Forest
trail. They were going at it in early afternoon - not very Owlish.

Oodles of Redwings on the south end from Friday on - always interesting how
much difference a few miles (or is it the state line) makes.

fdp

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Rick Sussman
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 4:20 PM
> To: 
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] More signs of spring
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/18/2008 4:00:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>  writes:
>
> 6:00 pm  last evening was the woodcock displaying ... 6:00 am
> this morning
> spring  peepers were calling, not many, but enough to appreciate.
>
> Jim  Wilson
>
>
> Hi all,
>  Along with Jim's peepers, I saw a basking painted turtle out at
> Blue  Mash
> today. I did a brisk walk around about noon, after business in
> Silver  Spring.
> My only other good sighting was of an orange butterfly seen
> flying  across the
> trail. A few Red-tailed Hawks and a male Purple Finch were the
> only  avian
> highlights.
>
> It's nice to see the ponds have both finally filled with water
> again! But  on
> the downside, the place is starting to look trashy. Bits of plastic and
> scraps, bottles etc. beginning to appear all over; sad.
>
> Rick Sussman
> Woodbine,MD
>  (mailto:[log in to unmask])
>
>
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