Seen yesterday, 3/4/07 @1430 in FRED CO at Bennies
Hill Rd's intersection with the Catoctin Creek
bottomlands fields - the fields nearest to MD 17 just
after crossing the creek east/southbound.  My bird
looked nothing like the photo of the recently sighted
Pied Crow that was seen/photographed in AA county. 
You tell me what it is/was, please...!!!:

Underside was dark/black.  Upper was a uniform light
brown or buff color from the back thru the tail tip. 
I first noticed it when it was in flight being
harassed by a crow.  It flew to a perch in a tree at
the east side of the field where the other crow
stopped its attack.  It perched there for several
minutes (five or more) undisturbed until a crow
perched nearby harassed it again.  It flew to another
tree where other crows were present and apparently
unconcerned.  When the entire flock took wing, this
bird flew with the flock.  Size was similar, if not
identical to a crow.  It was never closer to me than
1/4 mile (a guess), so i never got a definitive look
at it thru my 8x bins.  No pics either, obviously.  I
imagine this crow flock ranges pretty widely over the
area around Middletown; after they exited, i failed to
encounter them again as i drove north for several
miles.

Crossing over Catoctin Creek before encountering the
"crow" i observed 3 male and one female C Mergs in the
creek...

Jim Speicher
jugornought—at—yahoo-dot-com
Bethesda @work :(
Broad Run_S. FRED Co @home :)



 
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