Hello All , 

Just wanted to report my sighting of the African Pied Crow in Brooklyn at 400 on Sunday . After doing some checking of the Lower Patapsco River Area for Eagle activity ( none at either nest  )  and possible Pied Crow with friend Sykes i was heading home and stopped at the Brooklyn Park school on Hammonds Lane ( south Baltimore ) after seeing some crows around the ballfield . the first crow i saw was the Pied Crow on the ground .   i was pulling up  trying to get a better view when  the bird disappeared. the crows all flew into a tree at the far end of the park and   Pied Crow among them . of course he was pecked at a few times but then he just sat there preening himself as i took a few blurry photos.  
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/4226113576_6efa2283b0_b.jpg

Not much other action for this after the blizzard birdday . 
During the blizzard i did get Eastern Towhee for new yard bird .He just sat in the Black sunflower tray feeder eating and  not worrying about a thing. wasnt aware of one in the neighborhood . 
Pied Grackle 
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2674/4206408499_572503765b_b.jpg
My Redshouldered did finally come checking out the feeders the morning after the blizzard 
photo taken thru window 
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4206441325_88b8a50464_b.jpg
Annapolis Petsmart has noooooooooooooo birdfood nooooooooooo suet !!!! shewwwwww!!!! If you go to Glen burnie Petsmart today could you leave me a bag of birdfood please ! have to feed the work birds tommorrow for the four day weekend. 

Have Happy New Year 
Saundra Byrd 

baltimore 

--- On Sun, 12/20/09, Kevin Graff <> wrote:

> From: Kevin Graff <>
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] EVENING GROSBEAK, Jarrettsville yard, 12/20/09
> To: 
> Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 5:37 PM
> Hi all,
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>   Sometimes around 215pm, while I was shoveling the
> driveway, I was watching to make sure the grackle/blackbird
> flock kept move south away from my feeders after attack one
> of the junco yesterday. After the flock move south, I
> noticed a large yellow bird coming in from the south, with
> black wing, white patch, buffy, not as yellow underparts and
> landed near top of bare oak tree. It allows me to observe it
> there for 1 min and 11 sec before flew off to the north.
> Never stop for foods as I still have more grackle at
> feeders. The description fit for a female with grayish-brown
> above, short tail, heavy bill.   They
> normally fly in flock in the winter. 
> 
> 
>    Kevin Graff
>    Jarrettsville, MD
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