Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:05:47 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul Subject: DC hi-lites - Am. Bittern continues Comments: To: Voice , "Janni, Ottavio" , "Stasz, Jim" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Spent this morning (3/31) birding some of my favorite DC haunts - Anacostia River Park, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens (KAG), and the Natl. Arboretum. Activity is picking up, with the following birds of note: AMERICAN BITTERN - continues at KAG (this time it was in the back left set of ponds) * GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 3 at KAG COMMON SNIPE - 9 still at the Anacostia wetlands RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 3 or 4 at the Arb. * BROWN THRASHER - 1 at the Arb., right where I saw one on the Xmas count, probably there all winter AMERICAN PIPIT - 1 flew over at KAG * YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER - c.6 between KAG & the Arb. * CHIPPING SPARROW - 2 at the Arb. * - new for the DC Comp List Good birding, Paul P. cheep@erols.com ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ========================== =================================================