Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:49:18 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: John Churchill Subject: OCWA and some Town Hill sightings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi Folks, I had the good fortune of spishing up an Orange Crowned Warbler = Sunday morning at Finzel Swamp (Garrett County, MD). I had several Swamp = Sparrows a few Palm Warblers (the only ones I actually saw were Westerns) = and at least 3 Lincoln's Sparrows. I only made it as far as the western = edge of the little pond and thats where the OCWA showed up at first in an = Alder shrub and then at a few spots between the shrubs (in a patch of = Goldenrod). I got great looks at the sharp pointy bill, dull streaks on = the yellowish breast, dark line through the eye and brighter yellow = undertail coverts. It looked quite a bit like the adult male shown in the = Sibley guide. I also had 14 Wild Turkeys on the route from the swamp to = Piney Res. and a single Osprey and DC Cormorant at Piney Reservoir. At Town Hill on Saturday (our annual Bird Club outing) we had 4 total = participants (2 hard core (Ray and Bill) and 2 late arrivals (J.B. and = Charlotte)). On Saturday (at least after I got there) we had approximately= : 8 Sharp-Shinned Hawks 2 Cooper's Hawks 2-3 Red-Tails ? 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Common Raven also ... 2 Hermit Thrush 6 Blackpoll Warblers ? Ruby-crowned Kinglets ? Golden-crowned Kinglets ? White-throated Sparrows On Sunday (10/12) at Town Hill (just me and Donna) ... I had: 8 Sharp-Shinned Hawks 2 Cooper's Hawks 2 Northern Harriers 3 Red-tailed Hawks 1 American Kestrel 10 Turkey Vultures Winds were slow both days and out of the NE on Saturday and very slow East = Winds (+/-) on Sunday. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D John B. Churchill, M.S. GIS Analyst West Virginia University Natural Resource Analysis Center P.O. Box 6108 Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 Home (301) 689-8344 Work (304) 293-4832 ext. 4458 Fax (304) 293-3752 http://www.nrac.wvu.edu/users/jbc =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=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 =========================================================================