One edit to my earlier post.  It should read, "I can't thank J.B.,
David and Matt Hafner <<ENOUGH>> for all of the assistance with my
trip."

-Dan


On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Dan haas <> wrote:
> J.B. et all,
>
> Yes, I'd like to thank you (J.B.) and David for showing me around the
> famous Finzel Swamp.  What a treat to be greeted by a singing ALDER,
> two BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, SORA and the VIRGINIA RAIL.
>
> My 'other' highlights from the grueling two-day excursion to Western
> Maryland are as follows:
> -GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, WILLOW & ALDER FLYCATCHERS and HENSLOW'S
> SPARROWS on Old Legislative Road.
> -Calling and displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCKS and BARRED OWLS round about
>  9PM Sunday night near Blue Lick Road.
> -The previously-mentioned UPLAND SANDPIPER, PURPLE MARTINS and WILLOW
> FLYCATCHER that I saw on Sunday afternoon in Pleasant Valley.
> -A slew of (by a slew, I mean 8) CLIFF SWALLOWS over a farm pond on
> 495 South (no, not the Beltway... the two-lane road in Garrett).
> -Warblers (CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, BT BLUE, BT GREEN, B&W, YELLOW,
> BLACKBURNIAN, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, OVENBIRD, REDSTART and
> YELLOW-THROATED) on two separate trips through West Shale Road.
> -Oh, also a very close-up encounter with a real, live,
> thankfully-not-hungry BLACKBEAR on West Shale (photos to be posted on
> the blog). That was a memorable experience to say the least.  (I
> missed LEAST FLYCATCHERS by the way... one of my target species.)
> -And despite my attending many games over the year at M&T Stadium
> (even Memorial Stadium), watching real COMMON RAVENS turned out to be
> not only more enjoyable, but far less expensive (despite the gas costs
> for my trip).
>
> I can't thank J.B., David and Matt Hafner for all of the assistance
> with my trip.  It was a superb experience to do this section of
> Maryland solo.  I firmly believe that the list of species seen / heard
> would be far more substantial with an extra set or two of eyes and
> ears. Never the less, the BEAR decided  once he (or she) knew they
> were caught on film, that the only safe option was to RUN into the
> woods.  I think it was my nervous smile that convinced the bear to
> move it along...  or, not.
>
> I'll be back... perhaps in the fall.  There is the matter of that
> GROUSE that eluded me this weekend.
>
> Dan Haas
> West Annapolis, MD
> 
> http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 7:50 PM, J.B. Churchill <> wrote:
>> David Yeany and I spent Monday am birding in Garrett County meeting first
>> with Dan Haas at Finzel Swamp. The three of us also stopped at Piney
>> Reservoir before Dan headed East and David and I headed West. Highlights
>> were gobbling Wild Turkeys, Alder Flycatchers, Veery, Black-billed Cuckoos,
>> and Virginia, and Sora Rails at Finzel Swamp.
>> At New Germany State Park we had Blackburnian Warblers, Blue-headed Vireo,
>> Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing and Magnolia Warblers.
>> We also saw a Black Bear crossing New Germany Road in front of us as we
>> headed south towards Pleasant Valley.
>> In the Pleasant Valley area we had Red-headed Woodpecker, 3 Black Vultures,
>> more Alder Flycatchers (and Willow and Least Flycatchers),
>> a single Upland Sandpiper, Purple Martins, an Orchard Oriole, and tons of
>> Bobolinks.
>>
>> Good Birding,
>>
>> J.B.
>>
>> --
>> ======================================================
>>
>> J. B. Churchill
>> Frostburg, Maryland
>>
>> webpage: http://www.westernmdbirding.com/
>>
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