Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:01:07 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Re: Yellow-throated Warbler in Charles County, 3/25/04 & 3/26/04 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike Try Spring Azure, Celastrina ladon. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Callahan" To: Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Yellow-throated Warbler in Charles County, 3/25/04 & 3/26/04 > Hi fellow MD Ospreyers, > > Yesterdays warm weather must have brought the wave of Yellow-throated > Warblers across Southern Maryland. > > I heard a Yellow-throated Warbler singing in Nanjemoy > yesterday(Thursday March 25) but could not confirm it until I > listened to my More Birding By Ear cd on the way to work this morning. > I heard it again today and was able pisch it down from the top of a > tall pine tree to about 12 feet away. > > The bird was singing it's heart out and was hawking for insects when > it came down to check out the pisching. > > Toads are calling like crazy all day today where only a few were > calling yesterday. When the fifth grade students asked why the toads > were jumping at each other I told them they were playing "Leap Toad"! > Yesterday we observed a Garter Snake, Morning Cloak and a little > lavender colored butterfly. My butterfly guides are all boxed up so I > could not key out the little lavender job. If anyone can give me the > name of this butterfly I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in > advance! > > Naturally, > Mike Callahan > Laurel, Howard County, MD > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================