Somewhere near Taneytown in Carroll County around Feb. 19- Feb. 25, 1995 there were at least 5 SEOW's being seen. I don't have the exact location written down, but I do recall my 2 pre-teen daughters shamelessly hawking Girl Scout cookies to birders that were lined up and and down the road as they watched the owls and harriers over the fields. Ahhh, good times...
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
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From: Gerald & Laura Tarbell <>
To: MDOSPREY <>
Sent: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 7:39 am
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Short-eared Owls near Taneytown, Carroll County
I don't recall the year- probably the early 90's - The late Rick Blom helped
s on the Carroll County winter count and found a field south of Taneytown
hat had them. Quite a show. Rick loved "weedy-seedy fields" in winter. They
ttract things like Short-ears and Harriers. I miss Rick.
Jerry Tarbell
ho will probably be there tonight because he likes Short-ears in Carroll
ounty
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rom: "Phil Davis" <>
o: <>
ent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 12:41 AM
ubject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Short-eared Owls near Taneytown, Carroll County
ey Sarah, Leo, et al.
The PA Short-eared Owl extravaganza was Feb 2005.
t the bottom of this message after the current
hread, I posted a 2005 message thread, with the
riginal location reported by the late Gary Smyle.
Hope this helps ...
Phil (never delete emails) Davis
t 00:01 12/10/2011, Sarah Anderson wrote:
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
>Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:12:55 -0500
From: Celia Adams <>
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Short-eared Owls,
leucistic Red-tailed Location in PA {6 miles from MD border}
To:
Saw over a dozen short-eared owls today at
12:15pm. Also the leucistic rtha, and a pair of
rough-legged hawks. Just north of Bigham Road
along Pumping Sta Rd there is a farm on the left
with a pond beside it. In the pond were 2 pairs
of hooded mergansers and a pair of common mergansers.
A sharpie flew over Steinwahr Rd just before
Gettysburg. Unfortunately my lunch hour was
over.... If anyone is in the area, there has
been consistently a pair of red-headed
woodpeckers along Confederate Avenue bet PA116
and Pumping Sta Rd. If anyone would like info
on a pair of nesting ravens, let me know.
Celia Adams
Fairfield, PA
>From: Lou Carpenter <>
>Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>To:
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Short-eared Owls,
>leucistic Red-tailed Location in PA {6 miles from MD border}
>Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:52:50 -0500
>
>The day I was there (2/2/2005), I saw 20+ SEOWs, 2 Rough-legs, 4 Harriers,
>the lucistic RTHA, too many other RTHAs to count, Savannah Sparrows ...
ll
>of these from the one spot near the farmhouse near the intersection of
>Bigham and Pumping Station Rds within an hour of each other.
>
>Continuing north on Pumping Station Road for 1.6 miles to the intersection
>of Roberta Way and Pumping Station Rd, I also saw an immature
ed-shouldered
>Hawk which I was lucky enough to photograph and get a recording of its
all.
>
>If you would like to see the pics and listen to the field recording of the
>RSHA giving a call, they are at:
>
>http://home.att.net/~loulcar/PAB_RSHA_JPG2_and_WAV.HTM
>
>Lou Carpenter
>York, PA
>
>
>PS: the metronome-like noise you hear in the recording is my car flashers,
>which I absentmindedly didn't think to turn off as I was recording.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gary Smyle" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:19 PM
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Short-eared Owls, leucistic
>Red-tailed Location in PA {6 miles from MD border}
>
>
>Directions: Rt. 15 North to Steinwehr Avenue {only a couple of miles into
>PA} exit, go west toward Gettysburg, about 250 yards, turn left on to
>Bullfrog Rd, from Bullfrog turn right on to
>Pumping Station Rd, turn left on to
>Bigham Rd, first field on left รข?"
>Large bails and roost site @ woodpile & trees
>near 1st farm house on left
>Also, Rough-legged Hawks in area
>Gary Smyle
> (mailto:[log in to unmask])
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