Fellow birders,

	A friend and I followed the same itinerary yesterday, seeing the
same birds at the same times and same places, and wish to publicly thank
Steve and Dorothy for letting us on their properties and sharing these birds
with us.

Gerry Hawkins and 
 Martha Krieger
Arlington, VA

-----Original Message-----
From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Gail Mackiernan
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 8:18 AM
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Subject: [MDOSPREY] Two-fer for Valentine's Day!

Hi all --

What is better for the first day out birding after Snowmaggedon than a
couple of rare-bird twitches? We started the morning joining several other
birders enjoying coffee, donuts and a lovely male VARIED THRUSH in Herndon,
VA. (contact info on VA-Birds, also accessed through Siler's web site
www.birdingnthe.net).

Home for a few hours doing clean-up shoveling and banging giant icicles off
the eaves and siding, with a break to watch the Olympics (seems to be an
great opportunity here to to start exporting snow to Vancouver).

Then in the afternoon, our appointment with the lovely male PAINTED BUNTING
in Bowie. Our arrangement was for 4 PM and we were there and the Bunting
obliged by immediately coming in. It made a longer visit about a half-hour
later. In the meantime we enjoyed two AMERICAN TREE Sparrows at the feeder.
Contact info for visiting the Bunting has been posted on MDOsprey.

Thanks to hosts Steve (Thrush) and Dorothy (Bunting) for a great day!

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD