Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 20:48:18 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Meghan Tice Subject: Re: A great night for migrants MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Saturday evening, was lounging in a field in Glenn Dale (very near Seabro= ok) hoping to catch some night birds for the May Count. Heard Common Nig= hthawks but no owls or other nightjars. While listening in the field, wo= uld point my binoculars toward the moon from time to time and on each occ= asion would see one or two birds flying north and once flying west. Was = a lovely sight. Could hear sounds but were unidentifiable to species. Meghan Tice Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD cecropia13@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: David Mozurkewich Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:53 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] A great night for migrants =20 I can't hear them, but they're easy to see silhouetted against the moon. Many seem to be thrush-sized but some are smaller, more like warblers. And one tight flock of seven shorebirds. I estimate about 100 birds per hour passing. Figuring on average, about one in 200 birds pass in front of the moon and the flight lasts ten hours, that's 200,000 birds passing my yard tonight. Y'all thought Rock Creek was the local hot spot... Most are way up there -- a scope really helps. Dave David Mozurkewich Seabrook, PG MD USA mozurk @ bellAtlantic.net =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 =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 =========================================================================