Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:28:12 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Arlene Ripley Subject: Flag Ponds 12/19 Comments: To: md-smas@yahoogroups.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Flag Ponds, Calvert County Highlights from today, 12/19: At the beach: 3 beautiful Snow Buntings 16 Sanderlings 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Swamp Sparrows 5 Song Sparrows On the bay (very few birds): 35 Buffleheads 1 Mute Swan 1 Double Crested Cormorant At the ponds: >200 Gadwalls >100 Mallards 25 American Widgeons 35 American Black Ducks 2 Wood Ducks Along the lower trails: 7 Hermit Thrushes 2 Brown Creepers 2 Winter Wrens 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 1 Eastern Phoebe 5 Eastern Bluebirds 4 Cedar Waxwings Hundreds of Yellow-rumped Warblers All woodpecker species except Red-headed Adult Bald Eagle (near nest) 35 Dark-eyed Juncos White-throated Sparrows Northern Cardinals, titmice, chickadees, Blue Jays, Turkey Vulture, No Sharp-tailed sparrow seen. The feedback thus far is 6 to 2 in favor of the bird seen on 12/10 as being a Nelson's. Reminder: Flag Ponds is only open on weekends between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Arlene Ripley Calvert County, MD aripley@nestbox.com http://nestbox.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================