Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 10:42:35 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tyler Bell Subject: Chimney Swift in St. Mary's, 4/8/02, etc. Comments: To: md-smas@yahoogroups.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline While doing some yard work yesterday afternoon, Jane and I spotted a lone = Chimney Swift fluttering high over our house. Soon, hopefully, they will = return to our neighbors chimney where they have nested the past several = years. That'll be an easy tick for our atlas block! We also added a couple of new yard birds in the last few days. A group of = about 5-6 Tree Swallows had been foraging over the pond across the street = from our house and flew over on their way elsewhere. And this morning, a = Yellow-throated Warbler was singing in the yard. I always thought we = should have them since we have quite a few loblolly pines but we've lived = there for 10 years and this is the first one. Whatever! Tyler Bell bell@acnatsci.org California, MD Wave that flag...wave it wide and high! Grateful Dead, U.S. Blues =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================