Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 10:12:42 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kathy Klimkiewicz Subject: Re: Lincoln's Sparrow, AA Co., etc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii It is sure great to see posts about Atlasing! Keep up the good work. Now I have a neat incident to share from the Atlasing at Patuxent although this was discovered by others it is very interesting. We have a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks who are nesting in the corner of the second floor of Gabrielson Laboratory (building where Sam Droege, Marshall Howe, myself and many others work). Will let everyone know later if young hatch and fledge. Has anyone else every had a nest on a building (Red-shoulders) or heard of this? Cheers, Kathy Laurel MD Stan Arnold cc: Sent by: Maryland Subject: [MDOSPREY] Lincoln's Sparrow, AA Birds & Birding Co., etc. 04/30/02 07:52 PM Please respond to Maryland Birds & Birding Hi Folks, Another few days spent in the atlas block, producing as enjoyable a migration as I've experienced anywhere. All the expected birds are showing up, along with a couple oddballs. Today's bird of the day was a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, along the Patapsco River in AA County. The gentle streaking on the breast was awash in buffy coloration, and the crown feathers stood up like a crest. Very attractive little bird. This past Saturday (4/27), the Halethorpe Ponds in AA Co. hosted a GREAT EGRET, a pair of BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONs (for the second time), a SCARLET TANAGER, a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, and my first AMERICAN REDSTARTs of the year, five of them, in fact. There were also six RUSTY BLACKBIRDs, four males and two females. On Monday, 4/29, at Glenartney, in Patapsco Valley State Park (Balt. Co.), I heard my first GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, and saw my first INDIGO BUNTING, which was singing with such a raspy voice, that I had no idea what it was until I saw it. There were also four flyover cormorants. Today, Tuesday, 4/30, was quite productive back at the Halethorpe Ponds. I heard my first YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO of the year, and enjoyed an OSPREY, a couple of SWAMP SPARROWs (I'm keeping my fingers crossed), BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and greatly increased numbers of shorebirds: 19 SOLITARY SANDPIPERs, 5 SPOTTED SANDPIPERs, and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS at one of the ponds, and an additional 5 Solitaries and 4 Spotties along the river. In addition, there were five warbler species, viz: N. PARULA, YELLOW-RUMPED, (YELLOW) PALM, AM. REDSTART, and PROTHONOTARY. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie blackrail@earthlink.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================