Lily Pons Road, and thanks

213 East Lake Avenue (burggraf@erols.com)
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 15:07:17 -0400 

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Thanks to all who have reported the Dickcissel at the intersection of =
Route 85 and Lily Pons Road.  I traveled to the area Saturday morning =
(6/27/98), and at least two Dickcissels were singing away.  They were =
more than accomodating.  At one point, I was standing only eight feet =
away from a Dickcissel, singing mightily from its roadside bush.  This =
sighting is all the more exciting to me, since (to the best of my =
records), this is my first Dickcissel since 1966 (!)  I saw the birds in =
a field on the South West corner of the intersection.  In the field to =
the North West, six Horned Larks made an appearance.  I then took a =
little time at Lillypons Garden.  The heat was not too bad (as Claudia =
Wilds warns in her book), and the birding was fun.  A singing Willow =
Flycatcher caught my attention, as well as a Yellow-crowned Night Heron =
in the reeds.  No bitterns or rails, but seven green herons made an =
appearance.  I wish I knew more about dragonflies and frogs.  They were =
everywhere.  Wilds also advises looking for sparrows, etc. on a nearby =
road called New Design Road.  Happily, that road turned up a singing =
Grasshopper Sparrow for me.  Forty-three birds for a warm and lazy =
Saturday morning in late June.  I was pleased.

Don Burggraf
Baltimore

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Thanks to all who have reported the = Dickcissel=20 at the intersection of Route 85 and Lily Pons Road.  I traveled to = the area=20 Saturday morning (6/27/98), and at least two Dickcissels were singing=20 away.  They were more than accomodating.  At one point, I was = standing=20 only eight feet away from a Dickcissel, singing mightily from its = roadside=20 bush.  This sighting is all the more exciting to me, since (to the = best of=20 my records), this is my first Dickcissel since 1966 (!)  I saw the = birds in=20 a field on the South West corner of the intersection.  In the field = to the=20 North West, six Horned Larks made an appearance.  I then took a = little time=20 at Lillypons Garden.  The heat was not too bad (as Claudia Wilds = warns in=20 her book), and the birding was fun.  A singing Willow Flycatcher = caught my=20 attention, as well as a Yellow-crowned Night Heron in the reeds.  = No=20 bitterns or rails, but seven green herons made an appearance.  I = wish I=20 knew more about dragonflies and frogs.  They were everywhere.  = Wilds=20 also advises looking for sparrows, etc. on a nearby road called New = Design=20 Road.  Happily, that road turned up a singing Grasshopper Sparrow = for=20 me.  Forty-three birds for a warm and lazy Saturday morning in late = June.  I was pleased.
 
Don Burggraf
Baltimore
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