Folks
I was checking email this morning and w/ the description the bird's location
may be incorrect. The park entrance is off Bryan Point Road, not
Farmington.
If I understand the location from the description, you will take Farmington
for about 3/5 mile, then turn right onto Bryan Point Rd. Take Bryan Point
Rd for about a mile plus and turn right into the park entrance. Park then
walk down the gravel road toward the boardwalk. I will check this today to
see if I can relocate the bird. The park entrance is not off Farmington Rd.
Guessing, the GPS coordinates are 38 41 25.18 N by 77 03 29.21 W on Google
Earth.
If I relocate the bird I will post a note.
George
www.georgejett.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Waanders
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 9:52 PM
To:
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Northern Shrike sighted at Piscataway Park on 12/3
This is a late second- (actually third-) hand posting on behalf of Lynn
Scarlett and Steven Courtney. On Saturday 12/3 they saw an immature
NORTHERN SHRIKE at Piscataway Park. Lynn's description of the location and
sighting is as follows:
"The location was Piscataway Park in Maryland (495 to 210--Indian Head
Highway south) to Farmington Road and into the parking lot of the Park. We
parked right at the entrance of the park in the parking lot, then began
walking down the road that leads to the boardwalk. We saw the shrike atop a
clump of shrubs just to the left of that road may 50 yards beyond the
parking lot. It then (shrike-like) flew down off its perch toward the
meadow. The location should be easy to find--and, if the bird is still
there, the bird should be easy to spot."
Family and work prevent me from doing much mid-week chasing, but I'll be
interested to see if anyone re-finds this bird.
They also reported impressively large numbers of woodpeckers in the area,
including 4 RED-HEADED.
Jason Waanders
NW DC
jwaandersATstarpower.net
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