Yes, I remember it very clearly. It was just barely over the state line near Gettysburg PA, in 2003, I think. It appears the MDOSPREY online archives don't go back that far any longer. The location was northwest of the first exit from route 15 in PA, about 10-15 minutes from there. It's not that far from Taneytown so perhaps this will be a good year for viewing short-eared owls in this area. Is it too much to hope for a few snowy owls too?  :-)

Sarah Anderson
Cabin John, Maryland
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On Dec 9, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Leo Weigant <> wrote:

>    Jim, thanks for your welcome sighting and your clear indication of
>    the location.   My favorite short-eared own site has always been
>    Shorter's Wharf on Maple Dam road, east, then south of Blackwater
>    NWR.
> 
>    But you stirred a dim memory from several years ago when
>    there was a very high number of short-ears, seen about this
>    time of year, very near the PA border.    I wonder if anyone
>    else recalls that, . . . in more detail than I can access tonight?
>    And I wonder if, perhaps, it was near where you describe?
> 
>    Leo Weigant
> 
> On Dec 9, 2011, at 11:08 PM, Jim Wilkinson wrote:
> 
>> Around 5 PM today (12/9) there were 3 Short-eared Owls and a female/immature Northern Harrier hunting over a large field on the east side of Bullfrog Road, around 1/4 mile north of Baumgardner Road. This is west of Taneytown in Carroll County.
>> 
>> Jim Wilkinson
>> Columbia, MD
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